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32. Evidence of P. PUNDARIKAKSHUDU, Brahmin, Deputy Collector, Venukunda,
Kistna District.
2. Charas is not known here. The definition
of ganja is correct.. Flat and round ganja have
no local name. The broken ganja is called kali.
3. The hemp plant does not grow here spon-
taneously. It is abundantly cultivated in
D a g g u - p a d i n t h e B a p a t l a t a l u k . N o n e i n t h i s d i v i s i o n .
4. It is known only by the name of ganja.
5. There is no cultivation of the plant here.
It is said that it grows well in pati earth.
6. Not known.
7. There is no cultivation. A few hemp plants
are grown very rarely at Narasaraopeta, and this
is only in a back-yard for production of only
ganja for domestic consumption.
8. None.
9. Seeds are sown in small beds in back-yards.
When they grow a foot high, they are transplanted
like chilly plants at a cubit's distance from
each other.
10. No
.
11. The wild hemp is known here as male
plant, and is not used for ganja. Its seeds are
sometimes mixed with the seeds of the female
plant, and are therefore indiscriminately sown.
When the plants come up only the female ones
are used for ganja. The female ones are those
that bear flowers.
12. No.
13. No.
14. Yes; ganja and bhang are prepared at
Narasaraopeta to a very small extent.
15. Ganja is the mixture of the ears of the
hemp plant, water, and tobacco. Mixture of the
ears, water, jaggery and tobacco is called bhang.
Both these are prepared here. The one is Con-
sumed at once, while the other is kept for daily
use for about a week or ten days. G a nja obtained
from Daggupad is sold here. The preparations
of only the cultivated hemp plant are made.
Ganja is used for smoking. The flower tops are
powdered by the finger and the seeds are removed.
Then it is moistened by a few drops of water, and
then pressed under the finger and the water
removed. Small tobacco pieces are then added
and mixed up. The mixture is put on a chillum,
in which fire is placed, when it is used for
smoking.
No preparation is made from hemp plant for
eating or drinking.
16. (a) Bhang is prepared generally by the
consumers on occasions of festivities in their
houses.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
17. By bairagis, fakirs, the lower orders of
Sudras, Muhammadans, pariahs and chucklers.
18. Yes; ganja is made for immediate use;
charas is not known here. Bhang is kept on for
a week or ten days, when it becomes unfit for
use. It loses its force. No measures.
19. Ganja is used here only for smoking.
Charas is not known here.
20. As to classes, see answer to question No.
17. The proportion is very nominal. Here and
there.
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21. Flat ganja. None.
22. None,
23. No.
24. None.
25. Neither.
26. There are very few consumers in these
parts, and they may be said to be habitual mode-
rate consumers.
27. Vide answer to question No. 20. Ganja
is used as medicine for belly-ache, cough, and such
like diseases. Wandering people take to it, as
also people of immoral character. Bairagis take
to it for purposes of devotion.
28. (a) One tola, costing 4 pies.
29. (a) See answer to question No. 15.
(b) None.
No dhatura. No bhang massala.
30. The consumption of the drugs is practised
generally in company. It is mainly confined to
the male sex and in middle age. Children do not
consume any of the drugs.
31. (a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) There is no tendency for the moderate
habit to develop into the excessive.
32. The gosains and bairagis, who profess to
be religious devotees take to the practice. Yes.
Temperate. Yes; it is believed to be injurious.
33. As derogatory to rank and injurious to
health. The social and religious opinion is strong
against the practice. The disrepute is because of
the intoxication brought on by the practice, and
its concomitant evils, affecting the sobriety and
health of the consumer.
34. It is believed that the privation of the
drug does not so seriously affect the consumers as
in the case of opium eaters. There are some 30
consumers.
35. (a) Yes.
(b) Perhaps occasionally.
(c) Enforced by legal enactment.
(d) and (e) No.
(f) I do not think.
36. No.
37. Chagas is not known here.
38. Only flat ganja is here.
39. So it is believed.
40. Yes; for belly-ache, etc. No.
41. (a) I think not.
(b) I think not.
(c) I think not.
(d) No; on the other hand, I am inclined to
think that the use of the drugs weakens one's
constitution and affects his health in course of
time.
42. Except in so far as it affects the brain in
a measure.
43. Yes.
44. A sort of pleasure. It is refreshing for
a time. Yes; for a while. It does not create
appetite; on the other hand, it deprives one of
appetite. It lasts for three hours. No.
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