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“Qat Time” in Yemen

DEVELOPMENTS An ongoing war in the north, a separatist rebellion in the south, and a revolution stirring in the capital-center may not measure up to the imminent catastrophe that lays ahead for Yemen: water extinction. In the coming century, Yemen’s water shortage will overshadow any of the challenges it faces politically or socio-economically.  What is even more startling about this crisis is the main catalyst behind it. Qat, a U.S. government-classified drug that contains amphetamine-like sti