310
Majum—Powdered avaloo rice, sugar, essence
of ginger, hemp leaves, and milk.
30. In solitude less, company extensively. It
is mainly confined to the male sex. Children
never consume these drugs.
31. Majum and halwa preparations of hemp are
easily formed, smoking with little difficulty. It is
difficult to break off in old age. In adult age
may break off the habit easily. There is a
tendency to develop into excessive.
32. Both social and religious. Social—bad
society. Religious—ascetics and fakirs of wander--
ing habits. It is regarded as essential with the
ascetics for the concentration of thought and of
the enduring habit. It is generally excessive,
and it is injurious to health by affecting the
lungs and general waste of muscles.
33. Public regard the consumption of this as
degrading and one of the vices. In regard to the
practice, the public opinion is both social and
religious. Social—bad society of low morals.
Religious—it is believed to tend to concentrate
the thought for the purpose of offering prayers.
It is generally in disrepute on account of its
intoxicating property, and also its deteriorating
effects on the health. Never worship the ganja
plant.
34. Yes ; in ganja and charas smoking, because
the privation will lead to suffer from puffiness of
belly, indigestion, loss of appetite, cough, accumu--
lation of phlegm in the throat, constipation, and
nervous exhaustion. Bhang drinking can be
given up without any suffering. Probable
number in each class is about 1 per cent.
35. No, in regard to the ganja and charas, and
it is consumed illicitly. The prohibition can be
enforced, but causes serious discontent among the
consumers. There may not be any political
danger. The prohibition will lead them to practise
alcoholic drinks and no other drugs.
36. No.
37. The effects of charas are stronger and
longer than the effects of ganja smoking.
38. The effects of chur lasts about four hours.
The effects of flat lasts about three hours. The
effects of round lasts about less than two hours.,
39. Drinking is less injurious than smoking
and eating, because it does not affect the health.
Smoking by affecting the lungs and nervous and
muscular systems. Eating will lead to gradual
development of temporary insanity.
40. Yes, native doctors prescribe for dysentery,
chronic diarrhoœa, and cholera, mixing with
poppies, pepper and sugar. Headaches, tetanus,
and menorrhagia. Never prescribed to cattle.
41, Yes.
(a) Yes. It is digestive when taken after meals.
Every class 1 per cent.
(h) Yes. Fakirs and ascetics, 1 per mille.
(c) Yes. It is considered as a preventive when
travelled in malarious tracts.
(d) As an aphrodisiac men of bad morals, 1
per mille.
I refer this to both moderate habitual and
moderate occasional, except (d) when taken occa-
- s i o n a l l y ; o t h e r w i s e i t l o s e s t h e a p h r o d i s i a c e f f e c t .
42. Moderate use ; it is certainly unattended
with harm. Keeps up spirit in anything he is
engaged, and doesn't impair health, except on
generative organs.
43. Yes.
44. The immediate effect on the moderate
habitual consumers is that it keeps him merry and
steady in his reflections in whatever direction his
thoughts may lead to, such as singing, pleasant
conversation, etc., not in committing crime or
fighting. It is refreshing ; produces ordinary
intoxication. It does not allay hunger ; it does
create appetite. The effects may last about an
hour and half. The after-effects are weakness
and laziness. No longing is felt till his usual
hour for taking, unless the habit is excessive.
45. (a) No.
(b) Does not impair the constitution.
(c) to (e) No.
(f) No. The insanes who have no recorded
history of ganja do confess sometimes to the use of
the drug. This is alluded to excessive consumers.
(g) In alleged connection between insanity and
the use of the hemp, the use of the hemp does give
relief to the persons suffering from mental anxiety
or brain disorders. I don't think that there is
any evidence to indicate that insanity or weak
intellect will tend to indulge freely in the use of
hemp drugs.
I have met with a few cases who suffered from
temporary insanity caused by the excessive use of
ganja (either by excessive smoking or eating,
mostly the latter). Never used indiscriminately
without self-control. They may take the drug
very frequently, but in moderate quantities.
46. It produces worse results in aggravated
form in habitual consumers, used excessively.
47 and 48. No.
49. Yes, moderate use occasionally. Never
used by the prostitutes. It is not injurious than
the one used as ordinary narcotic. The use of the
hemp does tend to produce impotence.
50. If used excessively, produce worse results
than above.
51 ( a ) No.
(b) They become timid after consuming the
drug, and never commit any crime.
52 to 54. No.
55. Yes ; complete stupefaction can be produced
without any admixture.
56. (a) The effects are moderate when the
preparation of hemp halwa is taken.
(b) No admixture of any drugs with hemp will
modify its effects so as to take it excessively.
Dhatura is mixed when excess intoxicating
effect is required, or persons suffering from asthma
for personal consumption only ; and never given
to others mixed with dhatura.
57. The ganja, when used as a drink, does not
destroy the health. When it is eaten, it causes
mental derangement of the most excitable nature.
Charas never used either for drink, smoke, or
eating in this district.
58. Capable of improvement.
59. If you want to improve the taxation, raise
the rate of taxation on the drug either cultivated
or imported. If you want to have the control over
the hemp cultivation, limit the cultivation on
certain localities only. If you want to improve
the social or moral life of the public, stop the
cultivation of the hemp altogether.
60. As the cultivation of the hemp is not wide-
- s p r e a d , i t c a n b e c o n t r o l l e d b y s t o p p i n g t h e