From Betel-Chewing to Tobacco-Smoking in Indonesia
Date
1985-05
Authors
Reid, Anthony
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Cambridge University Press
Abstract
Southeast Asians appear co have been extensive users of mild narcotics throughout
their recorded history. For all but the past century of this history, the betel quid,
composed of areca nut, betel leaves, and lime, was the characteristic relaxant central
to the agreeable social interaction that Southeast Asians valued. For thousands of years
the peoples of Southern Asia and Melanesia were inveterate chewers of betel, giving
rise to the claim that it was the most widely used narcotic in human history (Lewin 1964:231). In this region most other narcotics began to be used as a part of the betel
chew.
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Bettel-Chewing; Tobacco Smoking
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Journal of Asian Studies
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2037-12-31
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