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23. No.
25. It is on the increase, it seems, in conse
- q u e n c e o f i n c r e a s e o f p o p u l a t i o n .
27. Ganja and bhang are used by a majority of
Hindus, and charas by a majority of Muhamma--
dans and a few Hindus.
29. Ganja is mixed with tobacco, and bhang
with massala containing khaskas, black pepper,
rose flower, sugar, elachi and badam. Charas is
mixed with tobacco and sometimes with ganja.
30. In company and between the years of
twenty and forty. It is not usual for children
to consume any of these drugs.
31. The habit is easily formed, but it is rather
d i f f i c u l t t o b r e a k o f f . T h e r e i s a t e n d e n c y i n t h e
case of any of these drugs for the moderate habit
to develop into excessive.
34. There would be no serious privation to con
- s u m e r s t o f o r e g o t h e c o n s u m p t i o n o f t h e d r u g t h e y
use.
35. It would be feasible to prohibit the use
of any of these drugs. It would be consumed
illicitly if procurable. The prohibition could be
enforced by forbidding cultivation. The prohi
-bition would occasion for a time a slight dis-
- c o n t e n t w h i c h w o u l d n o t a m o u n t t o p o l i t i c a l
danger. Half the number only would have re
- c o u r s e t o a l c o h o l i c s t i m u l a n t s o r o t h e r d r u g s .
36. Yes, on account of change of fashion.
37. Charas is stronger than ganja.
38. .No.
42. Harmful.
43. I think so.
44. It does produce intoxication.
51 and 52. Yes. The plans of crimes are gen--
erally concerted either with the use of ganja,
liquor or opium, according to the districts in
which the use of these articles preponderates.
They never meet to plan an offence without some
such things being used at the time.
53. Yes, I think. No.
54. Yes.
55. Yes, in some cases. Complete stupefaction
can be induced.
59. Evidence of MR. T. G. FOARD, Superintendent of Police, Cambay.
1. The answers to questions furnished by me
are based on information received from consumers
of the drug and others. The hemp plant is not
cultivated in this State, nor does it grow spon-
- t a n e o u s l y , a n d , a s f a r a s I h a v e b e e n a b l e t o
ascertain, it is not cultivated in the province of
Guzerat.
2. Charas is not used in any form in this State,
nor is it imported by the vendors of the drug.
Occasionally visitors bring small quantities of it for
their own use. Habitual ganja smokers prefer
it to ganja when procurable. I have seen charas,
and it is generally smoked in Bombay by con
- s u m e r s o f t h e d r u g , w h o u s u a l l y p r e f e r i t t o g a n j a ,
as its narcotic properties are said to be stronger
than ganja. There is only one kind of ganja used
in this State, viz., flat ganja. No such name as
" chur " is known in this State. The only names
by which the narcotic articles obtained from the
plant are known in this State are subji, bhang,
ganja and charas. The flower tops detached from
the twigs, whether by accident or deliberately,
are called ganja.
3. I have never seen the hemp plant growing
spontaneously in any district of which I have
experience ; occasionally an odd tree or so may be
found near the haunts of fakirs or sadhus, but they
are very rare. The presence of these trees is
accounted for by fakirs and sadhus, who say that
seeds discarded when preparing ganja for smoking
germinate.
4. The wild plant is not found in this State,
and the only information I have been able to
obtain on this point is from gosains, sadhus and
fakirs, who know it by the name of "jungli
g a n j a . "
5 and 6. I am unable to furnish any informa
- t i o n o n t h i s p o i n t , a s t h e w i l d p l a n t d o e s n o t g r o w
in this province.
7. There is no cultivation of the hemp plant
in this State, and, as far as I have been able to
ascertain, I believe it is not cultivated through--
out the province of Guzerat.
8 . T h e p l a n t i s n o t c u l t i v a t e d i n t h i s p r o v i n c e .
9. I am unable to give any methods of culti
-vation.
10. There are no cultivators of the plant in this
province.
11, There is no cultivation of the plant in this
province.
12. I have no personal knowledge of the cul
- t i v a t i o n o f w i l d h e m p , a n d n o i n f o r m a t i o n c a n b e
obtained on the subject here.
13. The cultivation of the hemp plant is not
prohibited in this State.
14. Ganja is not prepared in this State, as
defined in paragraph (2) of the accompaniments
by being rolled or trodden under foot. The only
ganja used in this State is flat ganja, and is said to
be prepared from the cultivated plant. Charas is
not prepared here, nor is it imported. Ganja and
bhang are imported.
15. The only preparation ganja or bhang under
-goes here is for eating or drinking. See para--
graph 19.
16. A decoction is made from bhang generally
by people in their houses, and is known here as
bhang-ka-pani, bhang or subji. The wild plant
is not procurable here, but I have been given to
understand by fakirs, sadhus, and gosains, who are
habitual consumers of the drug in all its forms,
that bhang can be prepared from the wild plant
wherever grown. Ganja can also be prepared
from the wild plant wherever grown. Fakirs
sadhus and gosains, when travelling, use it, but
they prefer the cultivated plant when procurable.
17. The decoction referred to in the preceding
paragraph known as bhang-ka-pani is made by all
classes in their houses in the hot season. It is
also asocial custom in Guzerat among all classes of
Hindus to make this decoction on festive occasions,
and it is lavishly supplied by the host to his
guests. The custom is much the same as amongst
the Rajputs and people of Kathiawar, who give
their guests a decoction of opium called kasumba.
18. Ganja and bhang deteriorate by keeping.
With ordinary care both will keep good for about
two years. I am unable to say whether it quite