khat

> If khat pays more wouldn't it mean you can sell khat and buy food with that money ? Are you implying that you're going to buy khat from a local source.

If I grow khat how am I going to feed my family if outside food can not come in ? Will the villagers be willing to pay more khat even when food is scarce ?

"forget microdosing, khat is the new path to rockstar programming flow states"

Acute food shortages would make growing food more lucrative than growing khat. there is probably something else going on

It ranks cannabis as safe than alcohol, but not as safe as ecstasy, LSD, or khat, and a few other drugs. It doesn't say cannabis or any of the other drugs are safe or have no side effects.

> growing khat is more lucrative than growing food Could you please clarify more ? I think I am missing something. If khat pays more wouldn't it mean you can sell khat and buy food with that money ?

In my experience khat culture is effectively identical to drinking culture in much of the ME and in ME enclaves in Western nations.

Most of the world's population spends their entire waking day stoned on something more powerful than nicotine, whether it is coca leaves, betel nut, khat, or some other indigenous herb. It just seems a given that wherever you find people, you will find drugs.

There are Yemeni families in California who get in trouble for possessing khat, a stimulant which in Yemen is not even questioned—imagine being a Brit and being told you couldn’t drink tea!

If you find that interesting you might also consider reading into the controversial use of khat in the middle east. For those that don't know, Khat is a leaf which releases an amphetamine like product when chewed.

Khat suppresses hunger, so if you don’t have enough food to eat, you just chew more khat. Also, stable food production requires multiple growing cycles.