The stimulant khat-Another door in the wall? A call for overcoming the barriers

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 615-619

  Odenwald, Michael ^a,b   Warfa, Nasir ^c   Bhui, Kamaldeep ^c   Elbert, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Universität Konstanz und Vivo International EV   (Italy)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catha edulis; Drug policy; International scheduling; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHA EDULIS; MASTICATION; PLANT LEAF; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CONTROL;

AFRICA; CATHA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PLANT LEAVES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 78649645747     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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