Khat deaths - or the social construction of a non-existent problem?? A response to Corkery et al. 'Bundle of fun' or 'bunch of problems'? Case series of khat-related deaths in the UK.

Khat is a benign substance with an excellent medical safety record. The paper by Corkery et al. seeks to present it as a 'killer drug' but can only do so by redefining the term drug related deaths from one of causality to a loose association. In the process, scientific rigour is sacrificed and both the evidence on khat use as a cause of harm, and khat as a culturally integrated psychoactive substance, are grossly misrepresented [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]