Drug Effects [electronic resource] : Khat in Biocultural and Socioeconomic Perspective

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서명/저자사항	Drug Effects [electronic resource]: Khat in Biocultural and Socioeconomic Perspective.
개인저자	Gezon, Lisa.
발행사항	Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press, 2012.
형태사항	1 online resource (266 p.).
총서사항	Advances in critical medical anthropology ;v. 3
기타형태 저록	Print version: Gezon, Lisa Drug Effects : Khat in Biocultural and Socioeconomic Perspective Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press, Inc., c2012 9781598744903
ISBN	9781611327885 1611327881
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	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.
요약	Khat, marijuana, peyote & mdash;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 multi-disciplinary examination of the plant & rsquo;s direct physical and psychological effects, as well as indirect social and.
일반주제명	Khat --Social aspects. Khat --Economic aspects. Khat --Political aspects. Botany. Science. Social Science. NATURE --Plants --General.
분류기호(DDC)	583.85
언어	영어
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