Method of intake | Designed technique | Popularity percentage | Trend in the last 1 decade | Reference |
chewing | Fresh twigs and leaves chewed for mucosal absorption | 80% | increasing | [13] [17] |
smoking | Dried khat leaves rolled into smoked cigars | 30% | increasing | [3] [10] |
khat tea | Dried and grinded khat leaves packaged into sachets that are added into hot water for drinking. | 27% | increasing | [3] |
khat paste | Dried khat leaves made into chewable paste | 31% | increasing | [3] |
khat food powder | Dried khat leaves are finely grinded into powder sprinkled onto food during eating | 23% | increasing | [10] |
Capsules/tablets | Bombing: cathinone derivative powder rolled into cigar paper and swallowed. Keying: insufflation of 8 keys per gram of cathinone derivative by key dipping into powder. | unknown | increasing | [24] [25] [27] [28] [29] |