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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | inglés |
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Walnut Creek, Calif. :
Left Coast Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Advances in critical medical anthropology ;
v. 3. |
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| Acceso en liña: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1: Introduction Part I: Consumption, Identity, and Health 2: Patterns of Consumption 3: Leaf of Paradise or Scourge?: Drug Effects, Health and Legalization Part II: Indirect Effects: Production and Trade 4: Growing and Selling Khat 5: Implications for Food Security and Conservation 6: Intimate Livelihoods: Gender and Survival on the Margins Part III: The Silence of Green Gold: Drug Effects in Economies on the Margins 7: Khat on the Global Margins: Wars on Drugs, State Silence, and Alternative Development Drugs on the Global Margins 8: Tying It Together References Index About the Author.