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33. The occasional use of bhang, as a cooling
drink, is looked on as in no way disreputable.
The smoking of ganja and charas is considered
disreputable.
39. I have no knowledge.
41. The occasional moderate use of bhang is
decidedly beneficial in its effects. I cannot ascer-
tain that any benefit arises from the use of charas
or ganja.
42. Any consumption of charas and ganja is
said to be injurious, but I have no personal expe-
rience of the subject. The harm arising there-
from is said to be physical, mental and moral.
43. I have no personal acquaintance with this
subject, except as regards bhang, and occasional
moderate consumers of it are inoffensive to their
neighbours.
44. I can only speak of bhang. It does not if
moderately used produce intoxication, or allay hun-
ger or create appetite, nor does the want of it pro-
duce uneasiness.
45. The habitual moderate use of either charas or
bhang does produce noxious effects.
Habitual smokers of charas are always lean and
ill-conditioned, less liable to bear fatigue or the
effects of illness, and may die suddenly from slight
illness. Drinkers of bhang are not lean, but ill-
conditioned, but in other respects they suffer in the
same ways as smokers.
Both smoking and drinking impair the constitu-
tion, as already stated.
Charas-smoking injures the digestion, both by
its effect on the stomach; it also impairs the teeth
and causes them to fall out.
Bhang increases the appetite and does not cause
indigestion.
Bhang is said to cause dysentery. Smokers of
charas are much troubled with bronchitis.
Both bhang and charas impair the moral sense.
Smokers are careless, quarrelsome and lazy. There
is slight moral impairment (smokers generally in-
clined to thieving) and cowardice. Smoking impairs
the moral sense, but does not lead to debauchery.
Drinkers are careless, slightly less quarrelsome
than smokers, but more lazy, more immoral and
more inclined to debauchery.
Both smoking and drinking deaden the intellect.
I know of no case of insanity.
Only one case of bhang-drinking has come
under my notice. The results were as described in
the above remarks.
46. I know no case of the habitual excessive use of
these drugs; nor do the Hospital Assistants, whom
I have questioned on the subject. Bhang and charas
only has been dealt with, as I can obtain no inform-
ation about ganja.
[Questions 45 and 46 answered by Medical
Officer.]
49. I have no knowledge of this subject.
51. Not in my regiment.
53. I have no personal knowledge on this sub-
ject.
54 and 55. I cannot say.
Answer No 52.
20. (a) Combatants—
Gurkhas
872
Other Hindus
5
Mussalmans
12
TOTAL
889
(b) Non-combatants—
Other Hindus
1
Mussalman
1
TOTAL
2
(c) Authorised camp followers—
Gurkhas
12
Other Hindus
99
Mussalmans
19
Nagas and Khasias
39
Mehtars
9
TOTAL
178
Ten Gurkha combatants smoke ganja and 30
Hindu camp followers smoke ganja. Total 40
in all. None of the men smoke charas, as it is not
procurable here.
24. Bhang is neither eaten nor drunk by any-
body in the regiment or among the followers.
25. The use of ganja is daily decreasing. The
Chettri caste of Gurkhas, who were the chief con-
sumers, being no longer enlisted.
28. The average allowance per diem per man is
1 tola, costing here about 5 annas.
32 I know of none.
33. A man who consumes a moderate quantity
is not thought any worse off by his companions on
this account. The hemp plant is worshipped by
Gurkhas and Hindustanis on the day of Shivratri.
39. Eating and drinking ganja more quickly
affects the senses than if the drug is merely
smoked.
I can give no reason for this, but it is a matter of
experience amongst natives.
41. Yes.
42. Yes. If taken in moderation, it enables men
to stand fatigue.
43. Yes.
44. Good. Refreshing. It produces intoxica-
tion, which generally lasts for two hours. It allays
hunger, creates appetite. After-effects—the body
becomes thin in some cases. The want of subse-
quent gratification produces uneasiness.
45. I have not noticed any.
Not that I know of.
Not that I know.
It is said to cause spasmodic cough, husky voice,
and dryness of throat.
Not that I know of.
I do not know.
I do not know.
I do not know.
Purbia sepoys (in — Regiment for instance) used
to take a little bhang in a little before morning
parade.
This I thought was to stimulate them, for
they sometimes only ate once a day, in the middle