TY - BOOK AU - Gezon,Lisa L TI - Drug effects: khat in biocultural and socioeconomic perspective T2 - Advances in critical medical anthropology SN - 1598744909 U1 - 583.85 PY - 2012/// CY - Walnut Creek, CA. PB - Left Coast Press KW - Drogas alucinógenas KW - Madagascar KW - Khat KW - Aspectos económicos KW - Aspectos políticos KW - Aspectos sociales N1 - 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; Incluye bibliografía; Khat comes to Madagascar -- Contexts of consumption -- Leaf of paradise or scourge? Drug effects and health -- Growing and selling khat -- Indirect effects of khat: conservation, food security, and access to health care -- Intimate livelihoods: gender and survival on the margins -- The loud silence of green gold: war on drugs, state silence, and alternative development -- Drug effects: a holistic perspective ER -