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ganja and charas is estimated at 20 per cent.
People residing in cities and markets are more
addicted to it than the villagers.
21. For the kinds of ganja, see the answer to
question No. 2.
Chur belongs to its respective class (flat or
round ganja). The effect of flat ganja is refresh-
ing. It is not violent in its intoxication. Not-
withstanding its high prices, the flat ganja is
preferred to round ganja for smoking. To the
consumers of ganja, flat ganja is preferable to
round ganja to the same extent as ghi is prefer-
able to oil. Flat ganja is much used in Partab-
garh, Sultanpur, Jaunpur, and Allahabad districts
The effect of round ganja is too hot and unbear-
able. It is much used in the districts of Nawab-
ganj, Lucknow, Unao, and Rai Bareli. Besides
its cheapness and custom of the place, it appears
that people addicted to strong intoxication do not
like to make use of substance producing but
slight effect, such as persons addicted to mowha
liquor do not prefer the use of shira, or any other
sort of liquor producing but slight intoxication.
22. Native charas is not used in this province
or in the districts lying on its frontier.
Foreign charas is used in this province rather
throughout the country. Shaljahan is imported
from the Nepal hills. Charas is imported in large
quantities from Laddakh, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur,
Ludhiana, Jullundar, Lahore, and other districts
of the Punjab province. The charas is imported
from Laddakh in the following manner :—The
charas, which is a resinous matter, is put in a bag
of coarse and durable cloth, packed with strings,
and wrapped in the skin of a dumba (a kind of
sheep with a thick tail, originally from Persia) to
the side it is woolly or hairy, so that it may
remain hot. The skin is then sewed and packed
strongly.
It is called chimri or puthars. One full chimri
is purchased by traders. To examine its quality,
a little of the charas is taken out by the traders
making a hole in the chimri. It is then firmly
sewn. If purchased, it is wrapped up in a canvas
bag and sent to the purchaser's destination.
23. Bhang is never used for smoking.
24. All classes of Hindus generally, and
Brahmins specially, do equally eat and drink
bhang. It is used equally in cities, towns and
villages. The proportion of people using it is
estimated at 30 per cent.
25. The use of bhang is steady, of ganja on the
decrease, and that of charas on the increase. The
reasons which cause the increase in the use of
charas do equally apply to the decrease in the use
of ganja, and they are as follows :—
(1) The effects of charas are refreshing like
those of flat ganja, and on the whole
the intoxication produced by charas
is strong, and the price of charas im-
ported from Laddakh is cheaper than
that of flat ganja.
(2) To smoke ganja the purchaser has to rub
it for a long time, while the charas
can be used at once without under-
going any difficulty.
(3) The sources of the trade of charas are
increasing day by day. It is import-
ed in great quantities, and can be had
at all places.
(4) Charas is free from duty and the drug
contractors derive much benefit from
its trade.
(5) Charas is considered less injurious than
round ganja. Round ganja is too hot
in its effects.
26. The proportion of the consumers of ganja
and charas are as follows :—
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
14.
4.
2.
0.
The proportion of the consumers of bhang is
as follows :—
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
20.
5.
5.
0.
27. As to the first part of the question, the
answers to questions Nos. 20 and 24 are suffi-
cient.
The habits of life or circumstances which
mainly lead to the practice are as follows :—
Sadhus and bairagis take to the habit of smoking
ganja and charas (1) to avoid sleeping ; (2) to
alleviate fatigue ; (3) to sing or recite hymns
according to their respective views.
By the indulgence in the use of hemp drugs
their object in view is to produce impotence,
because the semen substance is dried up owing to
the hot effects of the drugs, and the organs of
lust are rendered useless. The Chattris and other
classes of people use these drugs with a view to
carry on debauchery. Their habits of life become
very bad. Many of them turn into criminals,
and their character is disgusting to the persons
of the same community.
Bhang is used at first as a food accessory to
maintain sexual power and to alleviate fatigue
while under severe exertions.
The use of bhang, when taken in small quanti-
ties, is not disgusting; but the conduct of such
persons who consume it in large quantities is
much disgusting to the people in general, and the
excessive consumers act sometimes like persons
of unsound mind.
The consumers of any of these three drugs are, in
the words of the country, called "ganjeri," and
"bhangeri," in the sense of their debauchery and
untrustworthiness.
28. (a) The average allowance and cost of each
of these drugs per diem to habitual moderate
consumers are as follows :—
Flat ganja,
Round ganja,
Charas,
Bhang,
6 mashas, price . .
1 tola
„ . .
6 mashas „ .
.
2½ tolas
„
.
.
A.
. 1
. 0
. 1
. 0
p.
6
3
0
1½
(b) The average allowance and costs of each of
these drugs per diem to habitual excessive con-
sumers are as under :—
Flat ganja,
Round ganja,
Charas
Bhang
5 tola3, price . .
5 „
„ . . .
5 „ „ . . .
1½ quarters of a seer
.
Rs. a. p.
1 0 0
0 1 3
0 10 0
0 1 6
29. (a) The smoking and eating tobacco are
ordinarily mixed with ganja and charas
(b) Pure ganja or charas is rarely smoked.
Sadhus generally mix dhatura with these
drugs. The object of mixing tobacco with these
drugs is to increase their quantity, and of mixing
dhatura to increase the degree of intoxication or
to stupefy people with whom committal of any
offence may be in view. The method of admix-