Drug Effects : Khat in Biocultural and Socioeconomic Perspective.

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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.
Temas:
Khat > Social aspects.
Khat > Economic aspects.
Khat > Political aspects.
Celastraceae.
Sociology.
Social sciences.
Medical care.
Angiosperms.
Psychotropic drugs.
Celastraceae
Sociology
Population Characteristics
Central Nervous System Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Social Sciences
Delivery of Health Care
Magnoliopsida
Embryophyta
Pharmacologic Actions
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Chemical Actions and Uses
Streptophyta
Viridiplantae
Chemicals and Drugs
Plants
Eukaryota
Organisms
Catha
Socioeconomic Factors
Psychotropic Drugs
Célastracées.
Sociologie.
Médicaments du système nerveux central.
Sciences sociales.
Prestation de soins.
Angiospermes.
Plantes.
Psychotropes.
sociology.
social sciences.
Angiospermae (division)
NATURE > Plants > General.
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.

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