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24. All classes of people drink or eat bhang pre-
pared in sweets.
25. I believe that sulfa or charas smoking is
decidedly on the increase, whereas bhang is almost
stationary. The reason for the increase in charas
smoking is the higher price at which country
liquor is sold than what it used to be ten years
ago, and people who indulged in liquor then have
taken to the use of the cheaper stimulant, namely,
charas.
27. The charas smokers chiefly belong to the
poorer classes, though people of all castes indulge
in the drug, and sometimes even well-to-do people
use it. The habit is acquired through bad associa-
tion and indolent habits, though very often it is
indulged in merely as a soothing narcotic without
considering its evil effects.
28. The average allowance may be about half
an anna per man per diem.
80. The charas is indulged in always in company,
and is mainly confined to the male sex. Bhang is
used both privately and publicly by men and
women.
31. Very easily. Very difficult. Of course like
any other indulgence.
23. Bhang is never smoked.
24. All classes of Hindus eat and drink.
25. The consumption has been the same as be-
fore ; there is no decrease.
27. It is mainly taken from kahars, sweepers
and chamars, etc.
29. Ordinarily smoking and eating tobacco is
mixed with charas and ganja. The latter is
mixed to alleviate cough, etc. Dhatura is seldom
mixed by fakirs to increase intoxication. Pepper,
sonf, etc., are mixed with bhang, and no other
ingredient is sold.
31. The habit is easily formed, and it is not
difficult to break off. The habit can develop from
moderate into excessive.
32. It is not religious, but it is useful for
bad climate.
33. It is generally useful for bad climate. It
is neither social nor religious.
34. Consumers will not suffer if they stop its
consumption.
85. If any of the drugs will be stopped, it will
be certainly consumed illicitly.
36. No reason for thinking that alcohol is now
being substituted.
38. Baluchar ganja is best, and pathar is worse
than that.
40. It is prescribed in the medicines on ac-
count of its qualities, and bhang is given to cattle
in illness.
41. These drugs alleviate fatigue and bad
climate.
43. Inoffensive to their neighbours.
57. Ganja and charas are smoked, and bhang
is eaten after being reduced to powder.
58. Yes ; working well.
59. No.
60. Ganja is not produced in this district.
61. Charas is not produced in this district.
62. Bhang grows spontaneously, but no care
is taken.
194. Evidence of KIRAT SING, Thakur, Zamindar, Mohanpurwa.
1. I smoke charas.
28. I smoke two pice a day of charas and I get
slightly intoxicated, but not so drunk as to fall
down or not know what I am doing.
195. Evidence of RAMPRASADA PANDEY, Brahman, Zamindar, Ajodhya.
1. I have had the opportunity of being inform-
ed through persons that eat, drink and smoke
these drugs.
2. Yes ; Dr. Prain's definitions can be accepted
for our province. Bhang, bijaya, sabzi and buti
are different names of bhang ; ganja by ganja ;
and sulfa is locally known.
3. It grows spontaneously in Bahraich, Gonda,
Gorakhpur, Butwal, Bengal, and so on.
4. They are known by the names bhang,
bijaya, sabzi, buti, ganja, sulfa, dum, charas.
5. They are usually grown in damp climates
and often in hilly tracts.
6. Generally densely grows.
7. In Gonda and Bahraich bhang and ganja
are produced, but not charas.
9. They are generally tied in bundles and then
dried like tobacco in sunshine.
10. They are of the same classes as other
agricultural cultivators.
11. Generally from the one seed.
13. It generally grows in cold climates and
cannot grow in very hot places.
14. Yes ; ganja and bhang are prepared in our
province, but not charas.
16. Yes ; bhang can also be prepared by the
people in their houses.
17. Generally they are prepared by the people
of low caste and the hilly tribes, such as Bhotia,
Nepalese, and Kachhi ; Kurmi in our province.
18. Bhang loses its effect after one year, and
ganja can be preserved with artificial forces. It
is deteriorated by cold.
19. They are used for smoking purposes.
20. Brahmans and Sikhs generally do not
smoke, but others smoke indiscriminately.
21. Baluchar is preferred for smoking.
22. Foreign is generally used and is imported
from Jammu and Kashmir.
23. Yes ; bhang can be used for smoking after
mixing both tobaccos.
24. It is generally used in Muttra and Benares
by Hindus, but not by Muhammadans.
25. It is increasing day by day.
26. Bhang-consumers are moderate, but ganja-
consumers are excessive in their use.
27. Bhang is generally used by all classes of