Is miraa a drug?: Categorizing Kenyan khat
Is miraa a drug?: Categorizing Kenyan khat
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DOI：
10.1080/10826080701739016
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
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2
通讯作者：
Carrier, Neil
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作者：
Carrier, Neil
本文探讨了不同的看法，物质米拉/卡塔在肯尼亚，从强烈的批准在Nyambene山地区，它是种植的强烈反对，显然在肯尼亚社会的各个阶层的频繁谴责。各种地方和全球性的话语使人们的看法带上了色彩，有人认为，“对毒品的战争”的言论非常重要，这使得米拉与其他也被称为“毒品”的物质混为一谈;肯尼亚米拉的大部分辩论都围绕着米拉应该如何分类以及它是否可以被贴上“毒品”的标签。对毒品宣战的言论遭到了那些更迷恋毒品的人的反击，他们的话语中把毒品的使用贴上了“传统”、“酷”和“经济奇迹“的标签。".
This article examines the varied perceptions of the substance miraa/khat in Kenya, from strong approval in the Nyambene Hills region where it is cultivated to the strong disapproval evident in its frequent denunciation in various segments of Kenyan society. Perceptions are colored by various local and global discourses, and it is argued that of great importance is "war on drugs" rhetoric, which allows the conflation of miraa with other substances also termed "drugs"; much of the Kenyan miraa debate revolves around just how miraa should be categorized and to whether it can be labeled a "drug." War-on-drugs rhetoric is countered by those more enamored of the substance by discourse in which its use is labeled "traditional," "cool," and an "economic miracle.".