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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 increasingly pop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gezon, Lisa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press, 2012.
Colección:Advances in critical medical anthropology ; v. 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Khat Comes to Madagascar; 2. Contexts of Consumption; 3. Leaf of Paradise or Scourge? : Drug Effects and Health; 4. Growing and Selling Khat; 5. Indirect Effects of Khat: Conservation, Food Security, and Access to Health Care; 6. Intimate Livelihoods: Gender and Survival on the Margins; 7. The Loud Silence of Green Gold: War on Drugs, State Silence, and Alternative Development; 8. Drug Effects: A Holistic Perspective; References; Index; About the Author.