Dirty Pretty Things

Nigerian immigrant cab driver Okwe purchases a bundle of an unnamed plant from a shopkeeper. (0:16, 0:42)

The shopkeeper tells Okwe, as a clerk hands him a bundle of the plant, "You know this stuff will not only keep you awake, it'll blow your brains out." After falling asleep in his cab Okwe stuffs something into his mouth. (0:29)

Okwe eats more of the plant. Turkish immigrant Senay tells him, "In my village they chew those leaves to forget how hard their lives are." He replies, "I use it to keep awake." (0:43)

Probably khat, the plant grows in both Africa and Turkey.

Prostitute Juliette shares a joint with Senay. (1:16)

cathinone | joint