Betelnut Bisnis

Clip 2: Green gold

1 min 40 sec

Taken from the documentary Betelnut Bisnis (2004)

Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be M

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Curator’s clip description

People at a market are seen buying and consuming the psychoactive drug, betelnut, also called green gold. It is chewed with lime and mustard. It is used by millions of people in the Western Pacific and East Africa.

Curator’s notes

The drug is an addictive stimulant.

Damien Parer, curator

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