"This study used semi-structured interviews to examine the attitudes and values of Peruvian coca growers toward coca leaf and cocaine basic paste (CBP) consumption and its distribution. The Ss of the study were 186 coca growers (aged 20-54 yrs) from Peruvian jungle valleys who are involved in illegal commercialization of coca leaf and cocaine paste production. Data collected in 1994 reveal that growers consider coca leaf to be a most profitable product and a unique opportunity to improve their quality of life. Although growers acknowledge that a problem exists among local users, they do not assume any responbility for CBP consumption and dissemination in rural areas. This leads to the conclusion that awareness of a CBP consumption problem is not enough for growers to stop drug production; they need consistent training in social values, as well as support in legal and economic alternatives."
Harris, Craig K. (author), Tomazic, Terry J. (author), and Katz, Barry M. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
USA: Praeger, Westport, Connecticut.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37080
Notes:
See C37075 for original, Pages 57-74 in Ronald C. Wimberley, Craig K. Harris, Joseph J. Molnar and Terry J. Tomazic (eds.), The social risks of agriculture: Americans speak out on food, farming and the environment. Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. 163 pages.
Kulick, Don (author) and Willson, Margaret (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
Papua New Guinea
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00876
Notes:
Pages 270-285 in Kelly Askew and Richard R. Wilk (eds.), The anthropology of media: a reader. Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Blackwell Publishers Inc., Malden, Massachusetts. 416 pages., Describes how village residents interpret and react to Western-made films.
