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The Flower of Paradise: The Institutionalized Use of the Drug Qat in North Yemen by J. Gerald Kennedy (Hardback, 1987)

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This book concerns the use of the drug qat in North Yemen (Yemen Arab Republic), a country lying on the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. However, because this substance is so interwoven into the fabric of society and culture, it is also necessarily about Yemen itself. The history and culture of South Arabia are still relatively unkwn to the rest of the world, and the drug qat, so widely used there, is equally unkwn. Thus, the material we present here should be of interest to all of those concerned with drug use, those who wish to understand more about Yemen and the Middle East, and to the Yemenis themselves. Ather purpose is to develop some general understandings about sub- stance uses and their effects which are less clouded by the mass hysteria and political considerations which often obscure drug issues in our own society. Examination of drug-use patterns in a country where millions of people are users on a regular basis, and where there has been familiarity with the drug for several hundred years, offers an opportunity to achieve perspectives t possible in countries with different attitudes and without such histories. I am t sanguine about the prospects of our abilities to learn from others or from the past, but I do t think we should abandon hope of doing so.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
ISBN-10
1556080115
ISBN-13
9781556080111
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96579846

Product Key Features

Author
J. Gerald Kennedy
Format
Laminated Cover, Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Life Sciences: General
Type
Textbook

Dimensions

Weight
576g
Height
234mm
Width
156mm

Additional Product Features

Place of Publication
Dordrecht
Spine
17mm
Series Part/Volume Number
V. 10
Series Title
Culture, Illness & Healing
Content Note
Biography
Date of Publication
30/03/1987
Genre
Life Sciences: General
Country of Publication
Netherlands

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