Sentence examples for mild narcotic effect from inspiring English sources

They were offered goat liver and khat, a plant that Somalis chew for its mild narcotic effect.

"Television has largely become a kind of soporific, a mild narcotic having the effect of preventing the majority of the viewers from exercising their thinking faculties," he testified in Congressional hearings in 1958.

Khat, a green shrub, which is a mild narcotic with amphetamine-like effects, is widely chewed by Yemeni youth.

But too many have a narcotic effect.

Products include coffee, oilseeds, beeswax, sugarcane, and khat (qat; Catha edulis), a mild narcotic.

But shoppers seem more interested in khat, a mild narcotic popular with Ethiopians, Somalis and Yemenis.

Each was treated with a mild narcotic medication for pain, as is standard practice.

"The Amish country has an almost narcotic effect.

The drink, prepared from the root of a pepper plant, has the properties of a mild narcotic.

Some halogenated hydrocarbons cause extensive disorders in addition to their common narcotic effect.

One possible reason is that drinking is encouraged during tournaments, as is the competitors' near-constant chewing of pan, a mild narcotic that stains their teeth red.