Somali women demand government action on legal drug

July 23, 2008

IT is a drug that cost Fartun Farah her marriage and one she says is fuelling domestic violence across the nation's African community.

But what makes her story unusual is that the drug in question, khat, is legal in Australia despite being banned in other countries such as the US, Canada and New Zealand.

... an African shrub that is chewed for amphetamine-like effect...