Alcohol has been a feature of human society for millennia; however, its consumption has
never been evenly spread globally (Hames, 2012; Phillips, 2014). Both consumption and …

A comparison of interethnic drinking patterns demonstrates how the outcome of social
revolution differs in two contrasting communities in Bolivia. Drastic social reforms introduced …

Alcohol can benefit as well as harm those who consume it. The duality of its nature makes
alcohol unlike many other commodities and plays an important role in why people drink and …

In this article, I examine the persistence of illicit coca in Loreto, in the northeastern
Amazonian region of Peru. I engage ethnographically with the formation and perseverance …

In this chapter, we address how ecological and spatial factors contribute to behaviors that
led to heroin use among Mexican-origin persons in the United States. Most of this …

Throughout the Americas, agroindustry, oil, gas, and mining projects have pushed the
extractive frontier deeper into indigenous territories, more often than not with devastating …

Alcohol consumption is a public health problem in Latin America, being responsible for
thousands of annual deaths and millions of healthy life years lost to acute and chronic …

Aims. To explore the traditional Mexican religious fiesta as a primary locus for community‐
based excessive drinking and violence against women. The research argues that the pattern …

Aims: Populations in countries emerging from armed conflict may have elevated levels of
harmful alcohol use due to risk factors such as trauma exposure, increased daily stressors …

Los usos tradicionales de la coca han tenido lugar en Perú y Bolivia durante, al menos, los
últimos tres mil años. Las organizaciones internacionales no han tenido éxito para instar la …