Folk drug

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As Volksdroge are commonly psychotropic substances and drugs whose occupation of trade in the respective culture common and usually legally is. In the western world , this is especially true for alcoholic beverages (see alcohol consumption ), coffee and tobacco (see smoking ). The most common is caffeine , which is found in tea , coffee and caffeinated sodas ( cola ).

Other examples are Kath in Yemen, the betel nut in Southeast Asia , Kava Kava in some regions of Oceania , and coca leaves in the Andean region .

The three folk drugs in the western world

Web links

Wiktionary: Folk drug  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bmg: People's drug alcohol - drug commissioner. (No longer available online.) In: drogenbeauftragte.de. June 24, 2016, archived from the original on June 28, 2016 ; accessed on June 28, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.drogenbeauftragte.de
  2. ↑ Entry on caffeine. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on August 31, 2014.
  3. ↑ David Seitz: Dear hands off! For whom coffee can be dangerous. In: Focus Online . May 17, 2015, accessed June 28, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Intoxicant Khat: Yemen's carcinogenic folk drug. In: zeit.de . July 22, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2016 .