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Abyssinian Tea: A Little-Known Global Drug Mystery
Season 3
Episode 16
Published 1 year, 1 month ago
Description
A stimulant plant used daily by roughly 20 million people. A Hollywood film entangled with American drug policy. And leaves that lose much of their potency soon after harvest.
Your patient. Your diagnosis. Your decision.
An interactive global-health toxicology case involving herbal stimulant use, high blood pressure, rapid heart rate, psychiatric symptoms, cultural context, and unfamiliar exposure histories.