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25. The use of ganja, bhang and charas is. day
by day decreasing, because they are growing dear.
28. For bhang 3/8 of a seer in a month is used
by one, i.e., about 11/2 tola a day, costing every day
3/4 of a pice.
A man requires ganja about 1/4 of an anna a day.
Charas is not used in this regiment.
32. There is not any social or religious custom
in regard to the consumption of any of these
drugs.
33. When moderate it is regarded neither good
nor bad. There is no settled opinion about the
practice. The use of any form of the narcotic is
in disrepute. There is no custom of worshipping
the hemp plant on any occasion.
39 Ganja and charas are used as smoking only.
Bhang is used both in eating and drinking; but
the drinking of bhang is better than its eating;
by eating the consumer suffers from choler.
41. The moderate use of these drugs is bene¬
ficial, because they keep up the faculties of the
consumer fresh in working longer than usual. He
feels no fatigue even though he works hard.
42. The moderate consumption is harmless, as
no bad effect is seen over the consumer.
43. They are inoffensive to their neighbours.
44. The habitual consumer has the pleasing sen¬
sation as the immediate effect of the moderate use.
It is not refreshing in general. It produces no in¬
toxication to the moderate habitual consumer. It
rages hunger; creates appetite. The effect lasts to
the time at which the habitual consumer uses to
take daily. Uneasiness and weakness are its after¬
effects. The want of subsequent gratification pro¬
duces uneasiness.
45. The habitual moderate use produces no ap¬
parent noxious effect, physical, mental or moral.
The use of bhang does good to the constitution,
but that of ganja occasionally impairs it. It in¬
creases the digestion and appetite. The use of
bhang does not cause dysentery, bronchitis or
asthma; but that of ganja causes bronchitis and
asthma when the consumer cannot get the
nourishing substances as ghee, etc., to eat. The
moderate use of bhang does not impair the moral
sense nor render the consumer lazy; ganja, if smoked
with force, occasionally maddens the consumer by
entering the head. As for immorality and debau¬
chery, in both the cases it depends upon the nature
and company of the consumer.
46. The habitual excessive use of ganja makes
great damage to the physical strength. The use
of bhang does not make any harm to the physical
constitution of the consumer; he loses his power
over his senses and so is unable, to perform any
work well.
49. The use of any of these drugs are not prac¬
tised as an aphrodisiac.
51. It cannot be affirmed that the greater num¬
ber of vicious persons can be found among the
consumers. The excessive use occasionally maddens
the consumer. In this state, having no control over
the mind, he may commit a crime, but what sort of
crime he shall commit cannot be stated.
53. The excessive indulgence does not incite like
liquor any premeditated crime. No case is known
in which the consumer has been led to commit the
homicidal frenzy.
54. No man is known to have taken these drugs
with the intention of committing a crime, violent
or otherwise.
55. Persons intending to commit crime do in¬
duce their victims to partake any of these drugs
and stupefy themselves; but such case is not
known to have occurred here. Without admixture
complete stupefaction can not be induced.
Answer No. 249.
20. The present total of the regiment is 328 in
number, and they belong to different castes, as
shown under:—
Dhangar
77
Mahrattas
64
Sikhs
45
Mussalmans
64
Brahmans
16
Thakurs
19
Barbers
6
Dhobis
8
Chamars
2
Kolis
6
Dheds
15
Bhangis
8
Effectives
244
Non-effectives
84
TOTAL
28
Drink bhang —
Brahmins
2
Mussalmans
4
Dhangars
4
Thakurs
13
Mahrattas
10
Mussalmans
11
Use ganja.
24. As shown above.
25. The present use of bhang and ganja is less
than before, on account of their dear charges.
28. The habitual moderate consumer requires
1/4 of an anna daily.
32. Religion does not encourage the use of any of
these drugs, but on certain occasions the bhang is
used in certain societies, and especially it is used in
Holy, holidays, marriage ceremony, etc., and
it is taken in hot days also owing to its coolness.
Not acquainted with the accounts of these customs.
33. Some men regard bhang and ganja useful,
and they are medically used for their good proper¬
ties. It is also considered in the native army that
the moderate practice of bhang and ganja is benefi¬
cial and encouraging.
39. The smoking of these drugs is not less in¬
jurious than drinking and eating.
41. The moderate use of bhang and ganja is
beneficial in its effects.
42. The moderate use of bhang and ganja are
by no means injurious, as, for example, a moderate
consumer can do a tedious task very easily.
43. The moderate consumers are never offensive
to their neighbours.
44. The moderate use of bhang and ganja stim¬
ulates the mind and produces a kind of pleasing
intoxication. It produces hunger also, and is very
useful for digestion and diarrhœa. The bhang is
used even to give up the habit of drinking wine,
which injures the health.
45. The moderate use of bhang and ganja is
useful, and it is by no means injurious. It is not