Study links chewing miraa to poor academic performance

Meru Governor Peter Munya chews miraa in Ntonyiri, Igembe North on June 8. A new study indicates miraa leads to poor academic performance. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

A new study has concluded that chewing of miraa results in poor academic performance.

The study by Hawasa University in Ethiopia, which is published in the current issue of the journal African Health Sciences, was conducted in the miraa-growing area of Sidama in the southern part of the country.