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Table 3 Different techniques used by khat users to break the stimulating/mirqanna effect of khat use

From: Problematic khat use as a possible risk factor for harmful use of other psychoactive substances: a mixed method study in Ethiopia

Techniques used to break the after effect of khat/mirqanna

f

Percent

Drinking alcohol

57

55.9

Risky sexual engagement

14

13.7

Drinking milk

13

12.7

Personal techniques(sport, long walk, washing body with cold water)

7

6.8

Suffer and doing nothing

4

3.9

No distress

30

29.4