Qat Ups

Dispatches From Yemen. Elizabeth Eaves reports in Slate about Yemen's national habit: chewing qat.

I remember years ago learning about this while sitting at the Student Union up in Madison. I had met somebody from Yemen who clued me into all sorts of stuff, not the least being that rich Saudis would travel to Sanaa for the sinful pleasures denied them in the kingdom. Sort of like a cut rate Morocco.

It's doubtful I'll ever get to Yemen, but the stuff's legal in England--so maybe I'll sample if/when I make it there.