stimulant

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Of these, about 22,000 hectares are legal -- grown to be chewed as a stimulant, brewed into a tea thought to combat altitude sickness or used in religious rituals.

From Barron's

After fresh khat shipments arrive in Mogadishu by plane each day, many men go to chew the leaf for hours - it acts as a mild stimulant, making chewers initially talkative and social.

From BBC

Fox says the stimulant shortage has been particularly frustrating.

From Seattle Times

Deputies posing as wholesale drug sellers met with a suspect who wanted to buy 27 kilos of the powerful stimulant, they said.

From Los Angeles Times

If arousal and initiating some physical actions are part of the same network, it also seems less paradoxical to treat difficulties of staying on task and hyperactivity with stimulants.

From Scientific American