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formed. It is difficult to break off the habit of
smoking ganja and charas. Its prohibition will
cause pain to those who smoke it. Excessive con-
sumption is caused by bad company.
82. There is no social or religious usage, even
no custom.
33. Bhang, being digestive, is used for the
object as well as in order to alleviate fatigue.
Hemp plants are not worshipped.
34. The fakirs will suffer from the non-use,
as well as those people who dwell in places of
cold climate, and to whom its smoking is useful.
35. It is easy to stop charas. It cannot he
consumed illicitly. The people will feel no discon-
tent. Alcohol or the like cannot be substituted.
36. No.
37. Ganja produces
phlegm and
cough.
Charas does not produce phlegm. Ganja smokers
often come to my shop, and I give them medi-
cine. Bhang is in no way injurious, but useful
for piles and diarrhoea.
39. What is smoked is injurious. There is no
other form of smoking charas than by chillum.
Bhang is reduced to powder and then eaten,
40. According to Vedyak, bhang is used in
dyspepsia, diarrhoea, and piles. It is rubbed on
inflammation. Ganja and charas are not used in
illness. Bhang is given to oxen, horses and ele-
phants in health and illness.
41. (a) Bhang is digestive.
(b) Bhang is useful.
(c) According to Vedyak, bhang is used in
fever.
(d) Nil.
Hindus and Muhammadans use it.—25 per
cent. as digestive, and 10 per cent. in other
diseases.
42. Ganja and charas are injurious.
43. Inoffensive.
44. Those who smoke ganja and charas are
immediately affected, and those who drink bhang
feel its effect after 15 minutes. Bhang makes
one merry and is digestive. Its effects remain
for three hours, and afterwards heat remains.
When the intoxication is over, some illness is
felt.
45. Ganja and charas produce noxious effect,
physical, mental or moral. Ganja and charas
give rise to cough and asthma. Ganja and charas
impair the moral sense, induce laziness or
habits of immorality or debauchery. Its great
use deadens the intellect and produces insanity.
Such insanity exists in talking greatly, and is
temporary. The symptoms of insanity are rein-
duced by the use of the drug after liberation from
restraint.
47. Is not hereditary. It does not affect the
children.
49. Bhang creates lust, and ganja and charas
remove it. Prostitutes use bhang and charas.
Its use for this purpose is more injurious than its
use as an ordinary narcotic, and debauchery pro-
duces physical effect, and smoking produces im-
potency.
51. Habitual consumers of ganja and charas
are bad characters.
53. Ganja, bhang and charas no doubt incite
bad thoughts.
54. Those who do not use ganja, charas, and
bhang, use it to fortify themselves, to commit a
premeditated act of violence or other crime. Bad
characters, who generally use it, can commit
crime with activity.
55. The criminals stupefy others and keep
themselves in senses. With ganja and charas
they mix dhatura.
57. Ganja is smoked and not eaten.
58. The present excise arrangement is good.
59. Nil.
60. Ganja is not produced in these provinces.
61. Charas also does not grow.
62. Through police cultivation of bhang can
be stopped.
63. Arrangement is good.
64. The present arrangement is good.
142. Evidence of LALA BHAIRON BUX, Kayasth, Mafidar and Physician,
Bara Banki.
1. By means of medical books.
2. The very names of ganja, bhang and charas,
as given in the question, are applied here.
19. Ganja and charas are smoked only by
means of chillum.
20. Thakurs, Passis, sweepers, and Chamars,
as well as Hindu and Muhammadan fakirs smoke
ganja invariably. In all places Khatries, Sarasut
Brahmins, and Muhammadans smoke charas.
Bhang is generally used by Brahmins, Thakurs,
Gosains, and Hindu and Muhammadan fakirs.
23. Phang is never used for smoking.
24. Bhang is generally used by Brahmins,
Thakurs, Gosains, and Hindu and Muhammadan
fakirs. For the most part bhang is mixed with
water, filtered, and then taken. In the winter
season sugar or gur is mixed with bhang and
eaten. This is the general custom.
25. Neither on the increase nor on the decrease.
26. (a) 50 per cent.
(b) 25 per cent.
(c) 4 per cent.
(d) 1 per cent.
27. Bhang is excessively taken by fakirs and
Brahmins. Ganja is smoked by Thakurs, Kahars
sweepers, Chamars Passis, etc., and they are
mainly taken from these classes of the people.
28. (a) One chatak, value 3 pies.
(b) Two chataks, value 6 pies.
29. (a) Pepper (mirch kali) and souf are mixed
with bhang.
(b) Pumpkin seed, almond, cucumber seed
milk, sugar, and saffron are mixed with bhang.
Saffron is mixed in summer. Dhatura is not
mixed, but those who wish excessive intoxication
and are poor use dhatura. No massala is sold in
the market for the purpose of being mixed.
Tobacco is mixed with ganja and charas, and no
other massala.