03052nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10538012 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110810s2012 caua sb 001 0 eng d 2011030972 9781598744903 (pbk. : perm paper) 9781598744910 (paperback : perm paper) 9781611327885 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)778339836 HV5822.Q3 G49 2012eb 583/.85 23 Gezon, Lisa L. Drug effects [electronic resource] : khat in biocultural and socioeconomic perspective / Lisa L. Gezon. Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, 2012. 263 p. : ill. Advances in critical medical anthropology ; v. 3 Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. "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 multidisciplinary examination of the plant's direct physical and psychological effects, as well as indirect social and structural effects on income and labor productivity, identity, gendered relationships, global drug discourses, and food security. This sophisticated, multileveled analysis cuts through the traditional battle lines of the drug debate and is a model for understanding and evaluating psychotropic substances around the world"-- Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Khat Social aspects. Khat Economic aspects. Khat Political aspects. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Advances in critical medical anthropology ; v. 3. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10538012 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 245714 245714