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28. Ganja and bhang—quarter of a tola each
per diem, the cost being four pies per tola. No
-thing is known about the charas.
32. There are no such customs.
33. The consumption of these drugs is generally
condemned by all classes of people. The use of
the narcotic is in disrepute, because it tends to
enervate the system and ends in debility. There
is no custom of worshipping the hemp plant by
any class of people on any occasion
.
39. The smoking of any preparation of the
hemp plant is more injurious than the drinking
or eating of the drug, inasmuch as it affects the
lungs and the brain.
40. Some native doctors prepare certain
m e d i - c i n e w i t h g a n j a , m i x e d w i t h o t h e r t h i n g s , a s
antidote for diarrhœa. It is also used in the
treatment of some cattle diseases.
41. The use of any of these drugs is not bene
-ficial in its effects.
42. The use of the drugs is harmful, except
when it is used for medicinal purposes.
43. Yes; they are inoffensive.
44. It produces a sort of dullness and
intoxi-cation. It is not refreshing. It produces intoxi
- c a t i o n . I t d o e s n o t a l l a y h u n g e r . T h e e f f e c t
lasts for two or three hours. There are no after
-effects. The want of it produces a kind of unea
- s i n e s s i n t h e c a s e o f h a b i t u a l c o n s u m e r s .
45. It produces noxious effects as regards the
physique, in so far as the habitual consumer suffers
from incessant cough in later age. As regards
the mind, the habitual consumer becomes imagin
- a t i v e a n d m a d a t t i m e s a f t e r t h e c o n s u m p t i o n ,
and recovers his sense later on. It does not
materially affect the morals of the person resort
-ing to it.
51. No; the moderate use of this drug will not
result in the commission of any crime.
5 3 . N o .
54. No; as soon as one consumes the drug,
he becomes dull on account of intoxication, and
so he will not be able to commit any crime of a
grave nature.
55. Yes; they sometimes do so.
Complete
stupefaction requires some admixture.
185. Evidence of KAMALAPURAM NAGAYYA, Komati, Ganja Contractor, Adoni.
1. I sell ganja by retail to habitual consumers.
I have had no other opportunities except this.
3. It is abundant in the following places,
viz.:—Duggupad in the Cuddapah district; Alam
-nur, Nandyala taluk, Kurnul district; Shumshah
- b a d , a n d U m n a b a d .
14. No; but it is grown scarcely here and there,
one or two trees in back-yards
in many villages.
16. (a ) No.
(b) and ( c) Not known.
19. Ganja is used only for smoking purposes.
I do not know whether it is used otherwise.
20. Bairagis, fakirs, sanyasis, and some other
low caste men. About 76 per cent. of the popula
-tion of Adoni town use this, and people in some
villages of this taluk as well.
24. Not known.
25. The use of ganja is on the increase, for the
price of liquor has been raised.
28. Half tola ganja is the average allowance per
diem. Its cost is two pies.
32. Ganja is consumed generally on all occasions,
and at times when friends meet together in houses
or other public places or on occasions of funeral
ceremonies.
33. The use of this narcotic is considered to be
in disrepute if used by respectable family persons.
There is no custom of worshipping the ganja
plant.
39. It is said that smoking is considered to be
less injurious than drinking or eating the same,
but I cannot give reasons from my own experience
.
40. Yes; it is used both for purposes of medi
-cinal qualities and the treatment of cattle disease.
41. Yes; if persons are suffering from any
disease, the use of ganja or bhang will somewhat
alleviate their sufferings for the time, although it
might be injurious to their health.
42. It is said that even the moderate use of ganja
habitually makes a man sometimes insensible or
forgetful.
43. About 50 per cent.
44. The immediate effect of the use of ganja
m a k e s a m a n h a p p y f o r t h e t i m e b e i n g . U n l e s s t h e h a b i t u a lc
o n s u m e r u s e s t h e q u a n t i t ya
s u s u a l
he will not have any refreshment. Yes; it does
produce intoxication. It does not allay hunger,
but, on the other hand, it creates appetite very
much. It lasts for two hours. It is not known
whether it has any after-effect. The want of
subsequent gratification produces longing or un
- e a s i n e s s .
45. The habitual moderate use of ganja produces
noxious effects, physical, mental or moral. I
know this by personal observations. I cannot give
an account under each of these points.
49. I know nothing on this point.
51. (a ) Yes.
(b) Almost all criminals use either liquor or
ganja moderately before they prepare themselves
for perpetration of crimes in general.
53, 54 and 55. Not known to me.
186 Ev idence of ABDUL KHADER, Agent of the Ganja Shopkeeper,—Rajahmundr
y.
1. My sowcars bid the right of selling ganja at
Guntur, Bezwada, Sattinapali in the Kistna and
Ellore Koorum and Rajahmundry in the Godavari
district. They also purchased the right of vend
- i n g i n
g a n j a a t
C o c o n a d a , b u t t h e y s u b l e t i t t o
a kamati of Coconada.
On their behalf I sell ganja here. I sell only
one sort of ganja, raised in Daggupadu in the
Ki st na di st ri ct . At Daggupadu ganj a i s grown
as a crop and exported to different quarters. In
this country also some are cultivating the hemp
producing ganja in their back-yards and sell the
stuff privately. I hear that some wild grown
ganja is used by the hillmen.