| Description |
1 online resource (266 pages) |
| Series |
Advances in critical medical anthropology ; v. 3 |
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Advances in critical medical anthropology ; v. 3.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 multi-disciplinary examination of the plant's direct physical and psychological effects, as well as indirect social and |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Khat -- Social aspects
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Khat -- Economic aspects
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Khat -- Political aspects
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Celastraceae.
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Sociology.
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Social sciences.
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Medical care.
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Angiosperms.
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Psychotropic drugs.
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Celastraceae
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Sociology
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Population Characteristics
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Central Nervous System Agents
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Therapeutic Uses
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Social Sciences
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Delivery of Health Care
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Magnoliopsida
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Embryophyta
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Pharmacologic Actions
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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
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Chemical Actions and Uses
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Streptophyta
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Viridiplantae
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Chemicals and Drugs
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Plants
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Eukaryota
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Organisms
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Catha
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Socioeconomic Factors
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Psychotropic Drugs
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Patient Care
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sociology.
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social sciences.
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Angiospermae (division)
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vegetation.
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NATURE -- Plants -- General.
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Sociology
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Social sciences
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Psychotropic drugs
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Medical care
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Celastraceae
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Angiosperms
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Khat -- Economic aspects
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Khat -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781611327885 |
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1611327881 |
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1598744909 |
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9781598744903 |
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