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ebl-952	Narchi, Nemer E.	Nature’s Pharmacopoeia: A World of Medicinal Plants. By Dan Choffnes. 2016. Columbia University Press, New York, NY. 332 pp.	2017	2	.pdf	application/pdf	1175	55	51	One theme that is present among the chapters dealing with psychotropic plants, and a thing that I deeply appreciate, is the critical treatment given to the demonization of these sorts of plants and substances. Other chapters cover a) concepts of ethnomedicine, b) the regulation of drugs, c) the action of medicinal plants, d) the action of medicinal plants on the nervous system, e) a chapter on popular herbs, and finally, f) a chapter on the future of medicinal plants where the author makes the case for a promising future for ethnopharmacology as a source of drugs, drug precursors, and as an option for fair benefit sharing among local and global actors.	cache/ebl-952.pdf	txt/ebl-952.txt