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Answer No. 71.
20. (a) Combatants
8
(b) Non-combatants
4
(c) Authorised camp followers
116
No ganja consumed. Two sweepers and 7 Hindus
(Chamars) smoke charas.
24. None.
25. No perceptible increase or decrease.
28, About 1/64 of a chittack, costing about 3
pies.
32. None in the battery.
33. The consumption is not regarded as a vice.
Opinion is passive.
No.
39. None in the battery eat or drink it.
41. Cannot say.
42. Appears harmless in the battery.
43. Absolutely.
44. Cannot say; they appear to enjoy it.
45. Not in the battery.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No cases in the battery.
46. The men are too poor to afford smoking in
excess.
49. No.
51. No.
None.
53. No.
No.
54. No.
55. There is no crime.
Cannot say.
Answer
No. 72.
20. Seven hundred and seventy-four.
HINDUS.
HINDUSTAN. DECCAN AND
CONCAN
MARATHAS.
RAJPUTANA.
PANJAB.
PARWARIS.
MOCHIS.
MANGS.
MUSSALMANS
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Nos.
Ganja.
Charas.
Nos.
Ganja.
Charas.
Nos.
Ganja.
Charas.
Nos.
Ganja.
Charas.
Nos.
Ganja.
Charas.
Nos.
Ganja.
Charas.
Nos.
Ganja.
Charas.
Nos.
Ganja.
Charas.
Nos.
Ganja.
Charas.
(a) Combatants
69 11 Nil. 413 39 Nil. 93 15 Nil. 11 1 Nil. 54 Nil. Nil. 12 Nil. Nil. 1 1 Nil. 78 8 Nil. 13 Nil.
Nil.
(6) Non-combatnnts
(c) Authorized follow-
ers.
24. Eleven combatants (Hindus of Hindustan)
drink bhang; none eat it.
25. On the decrease, due to improved class of
men being enlisted and the increase in the cost of
living.
28. Habitual moderate consumer 1 tola ganja
per diem, cost about 1/2 anna in India; 1 tola bhang,
cost prepared 2 annas.
32. No special customs, social or religious, are
known.
33. Consumption of all three drugs generally
regarded with disfavour. A habitual consumer is
regarded in the native army as unreliable.
I
attribute this sentiment to the knowledge, by
experience, that the habitual consumer sometimes
indulges in excess and loses control over his actions,
and that, although he knows the evil effects of so
indulging, he is unable to resist the temptation.
I know of no custom of worshipping the hemp
plant.
39. Smoking is said to be more injurious than
drinking or eating,
41. Medical officer states he does not consider
it beneficial.
42. I do not consider it harmless, even in
moderation, as it impairs the moral sense, induces
laziness, and leads to increased indulgence, especial-
ly as a man gets older.
43. Moderate consumers are inoffensive.
It is refreshing. Does not produce intoxication.
It allays hunger. Creates appetite. Effects last
short time. No after-effect; the want of it pro-
duces longing and uneasiness.
45. (1) Does not produce any noxious effects.
(2), (3) and (4) No.
(5) In strict moderation (smoking 1 tola ganja
during the day) it does no apparent harm.
(6) and (7) I have no experience of ganja or other
forms of hemp as a relief for mental anxiety or
brain disease.
(8) The hospital records show nothing about it.
46. Taken in excess it does produce noxious
effects.
(2) Yes, it causes a tendency to bronchial catarrh
and other chest complaints.
(3) Yes, I think that in time it would injure
the digestion, but I have not seen any cases which
I could with certainty attribute to this cause.
(4) I have seen a few cases of chronic bronchitis
and of asthma which is believed to be aggravated
by, or perhaps even caused, by the use of ganja.
I have never heard of dysentery being caused
by it.
(5) Yes, it impairs the moral sense and makes a
man lazy.
(6) Yes, impairs the intellect.
I have known very few cases, but in them it
was the exciting cause, the predisposing Cause
being probably mental. The type is that of
temporary exhilaration and excitement with loss
of self-control.