“…Contrary to the advocators of khat use, opponents counter they argue against khat use by enumerating a number of health, social and economic. For instance, khat use has various perceived adverse health effects such as sleeping disorders, reduced appetite, depression, and gastrointestinal (Yahya, Rajeshwar, Eticha, Kahsay, Ali, Gebretsadik, …, & Janapati, 2016;Awale & Ali, 2018). Similarly, khat chewing results in carelessness, frequent absenteeism from work, conflict in the family, the poor academic performance of chewer students, poor confidence, ill-health, poor interaction among the chewer and the rest of the community (Etana, 2018).…”