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45. (a) I think it does.
(b) Yes.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.
(e) Yes.
(f) Deadens the intellect, but does not produce
insanity.
46. The moderate use brings on mischief as
above, to say nothing of the consequences of any
excessive use.
47. No.
48. I can give no opinion.
49. I have not heard of any case. I do not
believe ; it does not cause impotence.
50. I can give no opinion.
51. No. None.
52. None.
53. No. No.
54. I do not think so.
55. No ; I think not.
56. The admixture of ummetta kaya (dhatura)
increases intoxication. This is not resorted to
here.
57. Ganja and charas are not eaten or drunk
here.
58. Yes ; working well. The sale of ganja is
regulated by the issue of licenses. No licenses
are issued in this division for drugs. In the
former case, only two licenses have been issued in
this division, one at Narasaraopeta, and the other
at Dachapalli.
60. There is no cultivation here of the ganja-
bearing plant, so to speak. A few plants are
raised occasionally in a back-yard. No modifica-
tion of the system seems called for.
61. Charas is not known here.
62. No.
63.
None.
64.
None.
65. (a) Only ganja is taxed here by the exclu-
sive right of its sale being sold to one or more
persons. The tax on ganja is reasonable.
66. I do not recommend different rates.
67. None.
68.
None.
69. No ; the information as to the necessity of
a shop is gathered from the number of consumers
through the tahsildar of the taluk. It is unneces-
sary here to consult local public opinion as the
consumers are rare.
70. None.
33. Evidence of D . JAGANNADHARAO PANTALU, Brahmin,Deputy Collector, Anantapur.
1. My information was obtained from my subor-
dinates, men selling the ganja, and the medical
officer of Anantapur.
2. Bhang, as herein defined, is not used in
this part of the country by human beings, but
administered to cattle if they become troublesome
at the time of milking. Charas is not prepared
here separately, but allowed to remain as part of
ganja. Rightly described here. In this district
this drug is called ganja by Muhammadans and
bhang by Hindus. But from my knowledge and
that of the medical officer, bhang is a preparation
of the dried flower tops of the plant grounded after
the seeds, leaves and stalks are removed, and then
mixed with condiments, sugar, and milk or water
and drunk by the people. This flower top is also
called by natives kali. Of the other products,
bhang is called bhangi, and charas is not known
here.
3. This plant does not grow spontaneously any-
where in this district. The plant grows spon
- t a n e o u s l y i n t h e h i l l t r a c t s o f G a n j a m a n d
Vizagapatam, and to some extent on the Rumpa
side in the Godavari district.
4. It is called ganja or bhang tree; but by
some religious fanatics who use or consume the
plant it is called sudhapatri (pure leaf),
gnana-patri (wisdom leaf), or alwar, sivapatri.
5. Not known.
6. Dense.
7. Yes; it is cultivated to a very limited extent
for production of ganja for smoking only here,
and for smoking and drinking to a very limited
extent in the northern districts of the presidency.
8. Neither increase nor decrease.
9. Seeds are sown here and there in gardens and
watered once or twice a week, but by some
fanatics very rarely. The tree, when it is ripe, is
somewhat twisted round, and at the bottom the
stem splits, in which a little opium is inserted
perhaps with the object of making ganja or
bhang more narcotic.
10. No special class and no special attention
paid to the matter. Ordinary agricultural cul-
tivators cultivate it.
11. No.
12. I have no kowledge of this. Generally the
mal e pl ant i s ext i r pat ed at t he f l ower i ng s eas on.
13. Not restricted. Cultivation common to all
districts. Not known.
14. To a very little extent consumers prepare
ganja.
15. (a ) Ganja for smoking is prepared from
the cultivated plant, by removing the seeds and
stalks and rubbing it with water and rarely with
milk in the palm of the left hand with the thumb
of the right till the mass becomes little tenacious
and then smoked.
(b) Ganja, known under the name of majum,
is a confection, and is mixed with condiments and
sugar and preserved for some time for eating.
(c) Ganja for drinking, known under the name
of bhang, is prepared from the dried flower tops
grounded after removing the seeds, leaves, and
stalks, by mixing with condiments, sugar and
milk or water.
16. The aforesaid bhang is prepared in their
houses and wherever the plant is grown. Not
known.
17. All classes prepare and use the drug.
19. Charas not used at all. Ganja is used in
three different ways, as enumerated under question
15, chapter III, smoking, eating, and drinking.
Smoking only is in use in this district.