Drug effects : khat in biocultural and socioeconomic perspective / Lisa L. Gezon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gezon, Lisa L.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Advances in critical medical anthropology ; v. 3.

Advances in critical medical anthropology ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Khat--Social aspects.

Khat.

Khat--Economic aspects.

Khat--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

263 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, Ca. : Left Coast Press, [2012]

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 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.

Contents:

1 Khat Comes to Madagascar 15

2 Contexts of Consumption 41

3 Leaf of Paradise or Scourge?: Drug Effects and Health 69

4 Growing and Selling Khat 93

5 Indirect Effects of Khat: Conservation, Food Security, and Access to Health Care 127

6 Intimate Livelihoods: Gender and Survival on the Margins 149

7 The Loud Silence of Green Gold: War on Drugs, State Silence, and Alternative Development 179

8 Drug Effects: A Holistic Perspective 205.

Notes:

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.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1598744917

9781598744903

1598744909

9781598744910

9781611327885

1611327881

OCLC:

727705028

Publisher Number:

99947909200