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47. I believe not.
48. Not hereditary.
49 and 50. No, and is not used in this way by
prostitutes. Impotence sometimes results in the
case of excessive smoking.
56. The admixture of other substances is used
generally to increase the effect of the drug ;
opium is not used with hemp; I have no know-
ledge of the action of the individual ingredients
when mixed with hemp.
57. Charas is smoked only. Ganja, when
eaten, is said to be more injurious than when
smoked. The result, however, is not so rapidly
obtained.
20. Evidence of SURGEON-CAPTAIN E. W. REILLY, Civil Surgeon and Super-
intendent, Central Jail, Akola.
1. Very little. Only in the jail, when I come
into contact with men addicted. to the use of these
drugs.
2. In Berar, I am told, only ganja and bhang
are to be had. Ganja is made from the flower of
the plant. Bhang is prepared from the leaves of
the plant.
19. Ganja is only used for smoking. Used
thus all over Hindustan. Charas I know nothing
about. The prisoners know of the compound, and
say it is highly intoxicant.
23. Bhang is sometimes smoked when ganja is
not procurable. Generally it is prepared to be used
as a drink.
28. Ganja
—
(a ) Twice a day.
(b) Frequently during day.
Bhang. —
(a) Once a day occasionally.
(b) Never more than once a day, and then in
early evening.
29. Ganja is used for smoking mixed with
tobacco.
Bhang massala is prepared by mixing bhang
with black pepper, almonds, ginger, sugar, rose
leaves, cucumber seed. When it can be afforded,
this preparation is drunk with milk.
So far as I can elicit information, dhatura,
opium, nux-vomica and cantharides are not mixed
with these drugs.
30. Ganja is generally smoked in company. Its
use is confined to the male sex. Children do not
consume any of these drugs. Bhang is also
usually drunk in company. Both sexes are accus-
tomed to its use. Children do not consume it.
31 and 32. No information to be had.
40. At times. Yes ; it is given to cattle. When
a man wishes to sell his cattle (bullocks) at a bazar,
he generally gives them a dose of bhang.
41. (a), (b), (c) Yes.
(d) As an intoxicant.
44. Ganja produces intoxication, and it is used
for this purpose alone. Bhang, on the other hand,
is refreshing and is an appetizer. The effects last
from two to three hours.
45. These questions my informants are unable
to answer. As I have but little experience of these
drugs, their uses and effects, I am unable to offer
any opinion.
49. No ; I am told that the use of ganja and
bhang tends to an opposite condition of things.
21. Evidence of DR. O. W. JONES, Civil Surgeon, Basim.
1. From personal experience of the habits of
the people who are hemp consumers, and to a long
residence in different parts of India.
2. These definitions are applicable for this pro-
vince except that charas is not known in this dis-
trict.
19. In this district ganja is used for smoking ;
charas is not known.
23. Bhang is never used for smoking.
28. In this district ganja is the only part of
the plant that is used for smoking. The aver-
age allowance and cost per diem being for (a)
one-fourth of an anna or one tola for two days; ( b)
varies from one to two arenas.
29. With ganja tobacco is also mixed and put
into the chillum and so used for smoking. The
fakirs often mix dhatura leaves and sometimes a
small quantitity of crude arsenic. The object of
mixing tobacco is to give a longer smoke. The
dhatura is used increase the narcotic action of
the ganja, and aec to produce increased sexual
desire, to susta fatigues, and to ward off
malaria. Bhaassala is made up of bhang,
black pepper p seeds, sugar or sugarcandy,
dry ginger, a and chirungee seeds. Bhang
massala is not but is prepared by consumers,
chiefly Brahmins, Marwaris, Rajputs, Ratoras
and Shikhs. This bhang massala is mixed with
milk and used as a drink, the better classes being
the chief consumers.
30. Ganja is both smoked in solitude and in
company. Bhang is not used for smoking, but
is converted into a drink by pulverisation of its
leaves and its maceration in cold spring water.
It is usually drunk in company. Ganja and
bhang are chiefly used by the male sex and by
adults. No, it is not usual for children to consume
any of these drugs. But there is a confection called
majum, which is made up of ganja, sugar, ghee,
and other condiments. This confection is some-
times given to children ; but chiefly to girls about
attaining maturity with the object of producing
intoxication before using such girls for immoral
purposes. Majum is largely consumed by all
classes who take part in the Muharram festival.
31. The habit of consuming any of these drugs
is easily formed, for the ganja chillum is always
made welcome to anybody who joins the party
of ganja smokers. It is not difficult to break off
the habit of smoking ganja, as it is not often pro-
curable in small villages. As a rule, no ; but in
some instances moderate smokers gradually be-
come ex.
32. Aajum, see No. 30. It is a social