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He got insane at the age of 22. He still takes
charas, opium, and bhang, as much as he can get
from his mother, who supports him.
47. The habitual excessive use of charas does
not induce habits of debauchery or immorality ;
nor does the excessive use of bhang,
48. Witness's sons do not consume either drug.
There is no hereditary predisposition.
50. Prostitutes use bhang, not charas, as an
aphrodisiac. Witness has two sons and one. daugh-
ter. The use of hemp does not produce impotence.
52. Criminals are not as a rule consumers of
charas and bhang,
53. Excessive indulgence in bhang and charas
induces a languid stupor—a condition the reverse
of what would lead to acts of violence
Note by MR. D. F. ADDIS, Collector,
Muzaffarnagar.
Forwarded to the Secretary, Hemp Drugs Com-
mission, Camp.
This man, Bhagwana, was a shopkeeper, but he
failed owing to his excessive use of hemp drugs.
He has a dissipated look. He says that taking
drugs in excess is hurtful, in moderation not,
262. Evidence of KEDAR SINGH, Thakur, Pensioned Subadar of Regiment No. 36,
Mauza Benipur, District Bareilly.
1. I made enquiries from the consumers of
bhang, ganja and charas, and have seen them
personally, and the persons who know of their use
have furnished me with information, Consequent-
ly I am acquainted with the subject,
2. Bhang is also termed boonty and bijya.
The definitions may be accepted.
3. The hemp plant grows spontaneously in the
districts of Pilibhit and Almora and Rampur State,
4. The hemp plant is known as "san" or
"bhang" ka darakht.
5. The hemp grows wild in wet places.
6. The growth of the wild hemp is ordinarily
dense,
7. The plant is not cultivated in this part.
15. The bhang is prepared for smoking ordi-
narily by grinding and crushing it by club in the
koondee and is also used in form of powder. In
the winter season it is taken dry with sugar by
some people,
19. The ganja and charas both are used only
for smoking in this part,
20. Ganja and charas consumers belong to no
particular castes, but it is used in general by the
illiterate, and seldom by the educated classes,
21. The ganja chur is preferable to "flat," and
both are used for smoking.
22. Foreign charas is chiefly used and obtained
from Kabul.
24. All classes use bhang, but Hindus espe-
cially,
25. The use of ganja, charas, and bhang is on
the increase, as they are easily obtained from the
shops in several places.
27. Habitual excessive consumers are only
fakirs, and habitual moderate consumers are
others. Low class persons use these more abun-
dantly than others.
29. People mix the following ingredients with
bhang :—Pepper, sonf, kasni, and gulkharu, and
the rich men cardamom, milk and sugar. Dhatu-
ra is mixed for the purpose of obtaining the
highest degree of intoxication.
30. The persons use bhang generally in soli-
tude, and ganja and charas are always used in
company, There is no regard of age in using
these drugs amongst consumers.
31. The habits of the persons who use these
drugs are easily formed, and great difficulty is
experienced in breaking them off. The use of
these drugs leads to excessive habit.
vol. v.
32. There is no custom, social or religious, in
regard to the consumption of any of these drugs.
It totally depends upon society, and it is generally
excessive, and at last injures health.
33. The consumption of these drugs is general-
ly in disrepute. There is no custom of worship-
ping the hemp plant among any section of the
people,
34. The fakirs will suffer much in comparison
to others, for they use it from their early life,
while others generally take to the drugs in their
youth.
35. The use of ganja and charas can be stopped
by degrees. They would not be used illicitly.
The discontent among the consumers would not
amount to a political danger ; they are themselves
illiterate and sick.
36. No.
40. The bhang is prescribed by native physi-
cians on account of its medicinal qualities, and
it is especially given for cattle diseases.
41. The moderate use of bhang only is bene-
ficial in case of (a), (b) and (c), as mentioned
in questions.
42. Even the moderate use of ganja and chaws
is harmful, as they both produce brain diseases
and palpitation of the heart.
43. The moderate consumers are offensive to
their neighbours, as they are in the habit of keep-
ing bad company. The consumers generally use
bad words,
44. The use of any of these drugs in moderate
quantity is refreshing and creates appetite. The
intoxication does not last long, and the consumer
feels somewhat uneasy when the effects are over.
45. (a) The habitual moderate use of these
drugs produces noxious effects, physical and men-
tal,
(b) It impairs the constitution. It injures the
digestion and causes loss of appetite.
(c) The persons who use bhang occasionally
suffer from indigestion, as they take more food
than usual.
(d) and (e) Ganja and charas produce cough and
asthma, and impair the moral sense and induce
laziness.
(f) They produce insanity of a temporary
nature. The symptoms are reinduced by use of
ganja and charas after liberation from restraint.
The typical symptoms are brain diseases, dryness
of lips, and whiteness of eyes.
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