What is Miraa?
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Swahili word for qat, a weedy plant that is chewed for it's mild stimulative effects. Both of miraa's major active ingredients -cathine and cathinone- are phenylalklamines, meaning they are in the same class of chemicals as amphetamines.
The trucker chewed some miraa while driving his lorry so that he wouldn't fall asleep.
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