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(f) Yes; most naturally.
36. No. On the contrary, those who used
alcohol have now recourse to these drugs because
of their cheapness.
37. Yes; charas is milder than ganja.
38. Flat ganja is milder than round ganja,
which produces heat and headache.
39. Ganja and charas are more injurious than
bhang, which is drunk or eaten. Smoking affects
sometimes the lungs.
40. Bhang is generally prescribed for piles, etc.,
and is given to cattle in general after a day's hard
labour.
41. (a) Yes.
(4) Yes.
(c) Yes; ganja and charas especially.
(d) Bhang is used in hot weather as thandai,
to keep one cool and comfortable.
Bhang is used by all classes of Hindus, while
ganja and charas are mostly used by the labouring
class of people. I refer to the moderate habitual
use in all cases, but to occasional consumers in
cases (a), (b) and (c) alone.
42. If taken moderately, each of these drugs is
harmless for reasons given in answer to question
No. 41.
4 3. Yes.
44. (a) Bhang produces hilarious effect, and
concentrates the attention and produces and en-
genders appetite. Ganja and charas increase the
appetite and incline one to eat sweet things.
(b) Bhang is refreshing when used with
milk.
(c) Yes.
(d) When
excessively
used
it
allays
hunger.
(f) The effect of intoxication from taking
bhang lasts for nearly six hours, and that from
ganja and charas for one hour.
(g) Yes; bhang produces, when taken
excessively, slothfulness: the eyes get red and
tongue remains parched. Ganja and charas
produce headache.
(h) It does to those who are in the habit
of taking these drugs every day.
45. (a) None whatever.
(6) and (c) No.
(d) Bhang produces dysentery, and ganja and
charas bronchitis and asthma in old age.
(e) It makes one slothful.
(f) The use of these drugs weakens the
intellect.
47. It is not hereditary. The children are in
no way affected.
48. As above. Ganja and charas consumers
beget weak children,
49. (a) It is not used as aphrodisiac.
(b) No.
(d) No.
50. The excessive use prostrates one down and
creates impotency, or makes the semen thin.
51 and 52. No.
53. No none.
54. No.
55. Complete stupefaction cannot be had unless
dhatura or arsenic is mixed.
56. Dhatura is administered to others in betel
leaf and other edihles, and not with hemp drugs.
57. Ganja and charas are always smoked.
58. The present system works well and meets
the wants and requirements of the people in
general.
68. None.
69. No. Not necessary.
70. Duty is always paid.
24. Evidence of MR. E. ROGERS, Assistant Commissioner, Sitapur.
1. I have been Excise Officer in Hamirpur,
Meerut district, and for a short time in this
district.
2. The definitions in Dr. Plain's report are
correct.
18. Ganja and bhang deteriorate by keeping.
Damp is the chief cause of deterioration.
19. Ganja and charas are used for smoking
only.
20. Gauja is used more extensively than charas,
but I am unable to state in what proportion.
21. Flat ganja is preferred by those who can
afford it, but the poorer classes smoke 'chur,'
because it is cheaper.
22. Chiefly imported. The greater part comes
from the Central Provinces.
23. Not to my knowledge.
25. The use of these drugs is affected by the
seasons. Intoxication by drugs is cheaper than
intoxication by liquor, and hence in bad seasons
there is a tendency towards increased consumption
of these drugs.
27. The practice is more common among the
lower classes.
29. Dhatura is sometimes mixed with ganja to
increase its intoxicating properties. I know of no
such preparation as 'bhang massala.'
30. These drugs are generally consumed in
company. It is mainly confined to the male sex.
Children rarely consume these drugs, with the
exception of bhang, which is sometimes adminis-
tered medicinally.
31. The habit of consuming these drugs is
easily formed and difficult to break off. The
habit of excessive consumption is naturally deve-
loped from the habit of moderate consumption,
but the proportion of excessive consumers to
moderate consumers is small.
33. The consumption of these drugs is con-
demned by the higher classes. Among the lower
classes the consumption of these drugs is not ap-
proved of, but the feeling against their consump-
tion is not very strong.
34. It would be a serious privation for habitual
consumers of any of these drugs to forego the
consumption of the drug they use, but the priva-
tion would be most felt among the poorer classes.
35. I do not consider that it would be feasible
to prohibit the use of any of these drugs. The
hemp plant grows wild in many places, and the