Drug effects khat in biocultural and socioeconomic perspective /

Main Author: Gezon, Lisa L.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, 2012.
Series:Advances in critical medical anthropology ; v. 3
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10538012
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.