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Is miraa a dangerous drug as listed by Ministry of Health?

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Miraa is a dangerous drug because it  has serious side effects. A drug is described as any substance (other than food) that, when inhaled, injected, smoked, consumed, absorbed via a patch on the skin, or dissolved under the tongue causes a physiological change in the body.

Miraa is therefore considered a drug, and a dangerous one; its consumption causes the body to change and react.

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