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symptoms. Those I have mentioned are, I should
say, the characteristics of the hemp drug insanity.
I should expect to find impotence as a general rule in
cases of the excessive use of the hemp drugs. To
the best of my recollection this symptom was
absent in the other two cases. The symptoms of
hemp drug insanity are those of acute mania, and
may arise from causes unconnected with hemp
drugs. Impotency is a typical symptom of hemp
drug insanity, and I can't mention any other
symptom which is typical. In the two cases in
which this symptom was not present, I made my
diagnosis on history. Besides the three cases men
- t i o n e d a b o v e , I h a v e h a d i n t h e c o u r s e o f m y s e r v i c e
one case of melancholia, and no other cases of
insanity. I have not made a special study of in
- s a n i t y , a n d I d o n o t p r o f e s s t o b e a b l e t o g i v e
evidence of special value regarding it. I have not
seen cerebral softening in the post mortem examin
- a t i o n o f a g a n j a c o n s u m e r , n o r h a v e I h a d a n y
case of the sort to treat. The opinion I have stated
is based on hearsay, not on any case shown or
quoted to me.
Question 47.—This answer is based on inform
- a t i o n g a t h e r e d i n t h e v i l l a g e s o f t h e C h i n g l e p u t
district. I believe the heredity to take the form of
an inborn craving for the drug. I have not seen
any case of the kind.
Question 49.—Locomotor ataxy and sclerosis
of the spinal cord have come under my personal
observation. One of the lunatics I have referred
to above had one of these diseases, and one the
other. The one who had locomotor ataxy was the
impotent men. I think ganja was the direct cause
of the locomotor ataxy. The usual causes of this
disease are exposure, malaria, syphilis, and acci
- d e n t . E x c e s s i v e s e x u a l i n d u l g e n c e i s a c o m m o n
cause. The ganja as an aphrodisiac probably caused
excessive sexual indulgence, and that resulted in
locomotor ataxy. This would also be a very pro
-bable explanation of the impotence. I have had
only the one case of sclerosis of the spinal cord,
and I attributed it to ganja, because I could not
discover any other satisfactory cause.
Question 57 (a ).—The statement that the smell
of the leaves may produce intoxication is based on
my own observation. I saw a boy of 13 affected
in this way. It seemed to me to be a case of
idiosyncrasy.
97. Evidence of SURGEON-CAPTAIN C. F. FEARNSIDE, Acting District Surgeon,
Ganjam.
1. From ganja vendors and consumers and my
own experience of cases.
2. Only ganja and bhang.
3. It grows, as far as can be ascertained, in the
following localities in the district
:—
(1) Mandasa taluk, (2) Peddakunidi taluk, (3)
Peddakunidi maliahs, (4) Tikkaballi in the Gumsar
taluk.
It is abundant in all these places.
4. Ganja and bhang. Yes.
5. As there is no such term 'wild hemp' in use
in the district, I cannot say positively that there is
wild hemp growth in the district, but there is
growth of hemp in the maliahs and hill tracts.
6. Not known.
7. There is cultivation of hemp plant in the dis
-trict.
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(
c
) Y e s .
(d) No.
8. I hear that throughout the district for the
past two years there has been an increase by private
individuals growing the plant for their own use in
their back-yards and mutts for the purpose of evad
- i n g l i c e n s e a n d t o s u p p l y t h e i r f e l l o w - p e o p l e w i t h
the drug.
9. The seeds will be sown and the plants will be
removed to a well cultivated land, manured and
replanted there. The cultivators will inundate it
with well or river water. As the plant is growing -
it will be twisted. By doing so, the plant will be
in a flourishing condition with too many branches.
Then the cultivators cut the trunk of the plant
lengthwise for about 3 or 4 inches, and place a
stone or a piece of a tile within until the plant
bears ganja. This method of operation produces
best ganja without seeds or other. This will be
done only to the female hemp plant. Male plant
only produces bhang (the leaf of the male plant).
10. No; they are of the same classes as other
agricultural cultivators.
1 1
a n d 1 2 .
N o t
k n o w n .
13. It appears to me that the cultivation of the
hemp plant for ganja is not restricted. The cul
-tivation is common. I do not think that the hemp
grows in a special condition of soil, as its growth
will be noticed everywhere. It will grow in hot
climates and in dry lands. It will be easily cul
-tivated, excluding the lands of a clayey and wet
nature.
14. (a) Yes.
( b ) N o .
( c ) Y e s .
Throughout the district, and especially in the
place mentioned in question No. 3.
15. (A ) Smoking– After removing the seeds,
the ganja will be placed in the palm of the left
hand and water poured down on it, while with the
right thumb the ganja is squeezed so as to rid it of
the greenish resinous matter, which they consider
to be impurity. Next process is to break up the
ganja mass so cleansed into small lumps, and mix
-ing it with powdered tobacco. This combined mass
is put into a clay pipe (chillum) specially prepared
for the purpose. Now it is ready for use.
(B) Eating—Ganja is first boiled in milk or
water so as to remove the resinous matter which it
contains, and. then the mass is taken and squeezed
well to remove all the water from it. This is then
thrown into boiling sugar water along with the
s p i c e s p o wd e r e d p r e v i o u s l y . T h i s p r e p a r a t i o n i s
allowed to remain on fire until it gets a con
-sistency so as to be made into pills, which are after
- w a r d s u s e d , a n d c a l l e d b y t h e n a m e o f m a j u m .
There are other preparations on a similar basis,
prepared with milk, ghi, sugar, and other tonic
roots, mixed with spices, and the whole mass called
laham laham.
(c) Drinking—Ganja or bhang will be first
boiled in water and afterwards ground with spices