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20. Generally bairagis or religious mendicants
that come from Northern Hindustan smoke ganja,
but very rarely others use ganja in this country.
The proportion is but a trifle.
21. Flat and round ganja are both prepared
and used for smoking.
22. Not used.
23. Bhang as defined in section 2, chapter I,
is not used for smoking.
24. Nobody uses it here.
25. No increase or decrease.
26. The consumers themselves form a very
insignificant proportion, and no details can conse-
quently be given.
27. Information not available.
28. Habitual or moderate consumers may use
one tola worth, about 3 pies a day, and excessive
consumers double that quantity.
29. (a) Ordinarily tobacco, and ( b) exceptionally
opium, and very rarely dhatura are used to increase
intoxicating effects. No.
30. Used in company by low mendicants.
Never used by females. Confection of ganja
known as majum is given rarely to infants to
induce sleep at nights.
31. The habit is not easily formed, and, when
once formed, it is difficult to break it off, and
there is a tendency for the moderate habit to
develop into the excessive.
32. There are no such customs existing in either
this or other districts with which I am acquainted.
33. Public opinion regards the consumption
with contempt on account of its intoxicating and
slightly demoralising effects. No such custom to
my knowledge.
34. It would be a serious privation to consumers
in large quantities, because the privation brings
on restlessness, indigestion or other complaints.
Such people are almost nil in this district.
35. It would be feasible to prohibit the use
with some difficulty. The drug would in that
case be consumed illicitly, end the prohibition can
be enforced by prohibiting the cultivation of the
plant and the import of the drug. It would
cause discontent among the consumers to some
extent, but no political danger need be apprehend-
ed. The prohibition would to some extent be
followed by recourse to toddy and country grog
end other deleterious drugs prepared of dhatura
and nutmeg.
36.
No.
37. Charas is not used in this part of the coun-
try.
38. The round and flat ganja are preferred by
people to chur, which is not independently used
here. The effects of the two former are supposed
to be the same, and considered superior to chur.
39. Smoking has a less injurious effect than
drinking or eating, inasmuch as the latter two
keep the consumer under intoxication for a longer
time.
40. Yes ; prescribed by native physicians. Not
known.
41. The use of charas is not known. Limited
use is considered beneficial by a few as digestive.
(b) Alleviating fatigue.
(c) As preventive of diseases in malarial and
unhealthy tracts.
Those that use it here, being but an insignifi-
cant number, cannot be grouped into classes.
Moderate habitual use is the one referred to above.
43. Yes; inoffensive.
44. It is refreshing and stimulating and pro-
duces mild intoxication. It does not allay hunger,
but it makes a man indifferent. Creates appetite.
The effect lasts about four hours in smoking and
double that in eating and drinking. The after-
effect is depression of spirits. The want of subse-
quent gratification produces uneasiness and restless-
ness.
45. (a) After some years' use the physical con-
dition suffers, not mental or moral.
( b) and ( c ) Impairs the constitution. After
long use it affects the digestion and causes loss
of appetite.
(d) No.
(e) It does not impair moral sense. Induces
laziness, but not habits of immorality or debau-
chery.
(f ) I have no special knowledge.
46. Habitual excessive use affects a man in a
short time, makes him impotent, emaciated, and
may probably become insane in the end.
47 and 48. Not known.
49. The confection of ganja called majum, de-
scribed under question 15, is used as an aphrodisiac.
It is not known whether prostitutes use it or not.
It is more injurious as an aphrodisiac than its use
as a narcotic, as in the former the man dissipates
himself. The use of hemp after some years tends
to produce impotence.
40. In excessive use it is not used as an aphro-
disiac, but simply as narcotic. It produces im-
potence.
41. Not here.
42. Not here.
53. There was a dalayet in the Head Assistant
Collector's office, Anantapur. He was, before he
became a dalayet, a sepoy, but retired from the
military profession. He was indulging in it. He
appeared to be very quiet; but all of a sudden he
killed one Dadagadu with his stick, who was pass
- i n g a l o n g t h e r o a d i n A n a n t a p u r t o w n .
54. No.
55. Not to my knowledge.
56. Ganja is used alone for smoking in excess
In moderation it is mixed with tobacco. For
eating and drinking it is always mixed with other
substances, as explained under question 15.
Dhatura is not mixed in this part of the country.
57. Charas is not used. In moderate doses it is
said to be stimulant and mildly intoxicating. In
excessive doses it is narcotic, and the consumer
labours under a semi-conscious condition.
58. Capable of improvement.
59. At present persons buy ganja not only from
the licensed vendor, but also from others who are
either cultivators or middlemen. The sales, ex-
cept by licensed vendors, should be stopped.
60. There is no control at present. Cultivators
give ganja to consumers either gratis or sell
the same with impunity. Its cultivation should
be restricted, except by persons licensed to culti-
vate it; otherwise there will be illicit cultivation
and sale.
61. No charas produced here.
62. Bhang, as described in question 2, is not
produced here.