6
49. Charas and bhang are used as aphrodisiac.
51. The Minas in the regiment are the chief
consumers, but they cannot be called bad characters.
53. Yes.
No.
54. Yes.
55. Yes, charas is used with this object
Yes.
Answer No. 9.
20. (a) Combatants—
Sikhs
138
Muhammadans
43
Minas
344
Gujuri
175
Rajputs
103
Other castes
73
TOTAL
876
(b) Non-combatants—
Chamars
80
Ballais
35
Other castes
36
TOTAL
151
(c) Authorised camp followers—
Muhammadans
14
Other castes
1
TOTAL
28
No one smokes ganja or charas, except about 15
Chamars.
24. No one either eats or drinks bhang.
On certain occasions like marriage feasts a few
of the Chamars drink bhang, but there are no
regular habitués in the force amongst the followers
who take bhang, so it is impossible to give any
numbers.
25. These drugs are not consumed in this part of
the country.
28. Not known, there being no habitual moder-
ate consumers.
32. None here.
33. Is here considered bad and is reported to
result in weakness of the lungs in old age.
39. The smoking of any of these preparations is
much more injurious than drinking or eating the
same, because the latter is diluted with water and
therefore does not produce the same effect as that
smoked in a pure state.
Smoking is said to destroy the lungs utterly.
41. Charas and ganja are very injurious and
bhang moderately.
42. No, because it produces an intoxicated effect
which leads to severe attacks of asthma and
tremour.
43. No. Because they are very quarrelsome
when intoxicated.
44. Produces immediate intoxication. The pre-
paration called bhang is refreshing and increases
the appetite, but ganja and charas allay the hunger
very much. The effects last over twelve hours,
leaving a severe headache.
If not taken regularly, it produces an uneasiness
and intense longing for it.
45. Habitual moderate use is not calculated to
produce noxious effects beyond what is stated below.
Renders consumers liable to disease.
No, except, perhaps, in the old and weakly.
No, but renders consumers liable to these. It
has the reputation of inducing laziness, but I be-
lieve nothing else.
It in time deadens the intellect, but of itself will
not produce insanity. I personally know of no
case in which an insane was an habitual consumer
of the hemp drugs, but then I have had little ex-
perience in the matter. I believe myself that as
an aphrodisiac and inciter to immorality the power
attributed to the drug has been largely exag-
gerated.
46. As regards the habitual excessive use as dis-
tinguished from the habitual moderate use, I be-
lieve that the excessive smoking of the drug will
produce decided injurious effects, such as asthma,
increased tendency to lung disease and chest affec-
tions. The drinking of the preparation bhang in
excess will cause dyspepsia, diarrhœa and a ten-
dency to dysentery. As regards the moral effects,
they may be gauged by those of any other vice, and
mental symptoms will declare themselves in direct
proportion to the amount consumed and hereditary
predisposition. But as regards its direct connection
with promoting incipient insanity I have no ex-
perience.
49. No.
51 Yes.
53. Sometimes.
No.
54. No.
55. Yes.
Answer No. 10.
20. Seven hundred and forty-nine.
(a) Combatants—
British officers
4
Hindustanis
65
Bhils, etc., of Rajputana
647
(b) Non-combatants—
British officer
1
Hindustani
6
(c) Authorised camp followers—
Bhils, etc., of Rajputana
24
Hindustanis
2
One Mussalman smokes ganja.
24. Hindustanis generally drink bhang in
summer season, but none of them are accustomed
to drink or eat it daily.
25. Ganja, charas and bhang are hardly taken
at all in this part of the country.
The Bhils prefer liquor.
The use of these drugs here is therefore practi-
cally nil.
28 and 32. Unable to say.
33. Bhang is supposed by some to be useful for
disease; these drugs are not otherwise used. Opinion
seems to be that ganja is bad when Used habitual-
ly, Charas worse. The disuse of these drugs
may be due to this idea.
There is no custom that I am aware of of wor-
shipping the hemp plant.
39. The opinion seems to be that smoking is
more injurious to health than eating or drinking
preparation of hemp plant.
41. The moderate use of bhang may be beneficial
perhaps.