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Khat

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Ya Ba

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	Quick Reference: Emerging Drugs The following information is excerpted from the resources compiled as part of Drugstory's Special Feature "Emerging Drugs"
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Khat General Information

	Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) http://www.usdoj.gov/dea Enforces controlled substance laws and regulations in the United States.
Khat (June 2002) Discusses the history, cultivation, trafficking and use of khat within the United States and abroad.
Khat, Quat, Tschat, Miraa (Cathinone, Cathine) Includes information about the illicit use of khat and the mental and physical effects associated with the drug.
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YA BA

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	U.S. Customs Service http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/ An agency of the U.S. Treasury Department, The United States Customs Service is the primary enforcement agency protecting the nation's borders. It is the only border agency with an extensive air, land and marine interdiction force, and with an investigative component supported by its own intelligence branch.
Customs seizes new drug from Southeast Asia Gives a brief description of ya ba and details the creative ways in which the drug is smuggled into the U.S. Includes pictures.
	U.S. Department of Justice: National Institute of Justice (NIJ) NIJ is the research and development agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and is the only federal agency solely dedicated to researching crime control and justice issues.
Ya Ba Fast Facts Provides in depth information about the negative mental and physical effects of methamphetamine in pill-form, known as "Ya Ba".
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