85
of any cases of men suffering from the use of these
drugs.
46. No cases have occurred.
49. No information on this point is available.
Presumably not.
51. There is no connection between crime and
the use of these drugs in my regiment.
53 and 54. No such cases have occurred in my
regiment.
55. No case of this kind has occurred in my
regiment. It is believed that stupefaction could be
induced without admixture.
Answer No. 125.
20. (a) Combatants—
Muhammadans
46
Hindus
117
TOTAL
163
(b) Non-combatants—
Muhammadans
2
Hindus
13
TOTAL
15
(c) Authorised camp followers—
Muhammadans
19
Hindus
8
TOTAL
27
Smoking ganja—
(a) Combatants—
Hindus
2
(c) Authorised camp followers—
Hindus
3
TOTAL
5
Smoking charas—
(b) Non-combatants—
Hindu
1
(c) Authorised camp followers—
Muhammadans
2
Hindu
1
TOTAL
4
24. None.
25. On the decrease. Bhang is not used at all.
Ganja is used by a few, but being very expensive, is
not so much used in Mooltan as it was in Mhow.
Charas being very expensive, is never used by the
combatants, but only by the followers, such as fire-
men, who get more pay.
28. Quarter oz., cost about 1 anna.
32. None.
33. As a matter of habit.
The natives consider that it is a bad practice to
use charas, as producing chest affections. The same
applies to ganja, but in a lesser degree.
No.
39. In this battery the natives only smoke the
ganja and charas, so no opinion can be formed.
41. It seems the general opinion that bhang is
cooling for the body. No benefit appears to be
derived from charas or ganja.
42. The use of these drugs is considered to in-
duce chest affections, charas being the worst.
43. It is difficult to say. So little is used in this
battery that intoxication never ensues; the consum-
ers therefore are quite inoffensive to their neigh-
bours.
44. It is refreshing, slightly intoxicating, and
allays hunger for the time. It also promotes
appetite. The effects last for about two and a half
hours. The after-effects are little or none.
Yes.
45. In my experience no physical, mental or
moral noxious effects follow their moderate use.
No, I think not.
No.
No.
I have no opportunity of forming an exact opi-
nion, but I think not.
No. I do not think there is any connection.
I have never seen any.
46. Habitual excessive use, though extremely
rare, does produce noxious effects, and a man's
constitution may be ruined by it. This is as regards
his physical condition; but whether the mental
state is otherwise affected than that it is some-
what dull, I cannot from experience say; of its
moral effects I cannot judge.
49. Of this I know nothing, and have not heard
of such use.
[Questions 45, 46 and 49 answered by Medical
Officer.]
51. The men in this battery use these drugs to
so small an extent that it is impossible for their
characters to be affected by them.
53. I have had no experience of excessive indul-
gence.
No.
54. No.
55. I am of opinion that if these drugs were
given in excess, complete stupefaction would ensue.
No such case, however, has ever come under my
personal observation.
Answer No. 126.
20. (a) Combatants
1,246
(b) Non-combatants
19
(c) Authorised camp followers
28
The men of this corps do not smoke ganja or
charas, nor do they eat or drink bhang.
Occasional instances may have occurred during
the time I have been with the corps (nearly twenty
years), but they have been so few and far between
that no conclusions of any value could be drawn
from them.