Drug effects khat in biocultural and socioeconomic perspective /

"Khat, marijuana, peyote--are these dangerous drugs or vilified plants with rich cultural and medical values? In this book, Lisa Gezon brings the drug debate into the 21st century, proposing criteria for evaluating psychotropic substances. Focusing on khat, whose bushy leaves are an increasingl...

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第一著者: Gezon, Lisa L.
団体著者: ebrary, Inc
フォーマット: 電子媒体 eBook
言語:英語
出版事項: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, 2012.
シリーズ:Advances in critical medical anthropology ; v. 3.
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オンライン・アクセス:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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要約:"Khat, marijuana, peyote--are these dangerous drugs or vilified plants with rich cultural and medical values? In this book, Lisa Gezon brings the drug debate into the 21st century, proposing criteria for evaluating psychotropic substances. Focusing on khat, whose bushy leaves are an increasingly popular stimulant and the target of vehement anti-drug campaigns, she explores biocultural and socioeconomic contexts on local, national, and global levels. Gezon provides a multidisciplinary examination of the plant's direct physical and psychological effects, as well as indirect social and structural effects on income and labor productivity, identity, gendered relationships, global drug discourses, and food security. This sophisticated, multileveled analysis cuts through the traditional battle lines of the drug debate and is a model for understanding and evaluating psychotropic substances around the world"--
物理的記述:263 p. : ill.
書誌:Includes bibliographical references and index.