Framing the chew: Narratives of development, drugs and danger with regard to khat (Catha edulis)

Prohibition, Religious Freedom, and Human Rights: Regulating Traditional Drug Use

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 131-147

  Klein, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84930440186     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40957-8_7     Document Type: Chapter

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