66
33. The consumption of charas and ganja is re-
garded in a bad light owing to its bad effects. No
opinion with regard to bhang.
No custom of worshipping.
39. No.
41. Bhang in medicinal doses might be useful
in dysentery and diarrhœa.
42. The strictly moderate use of eating of these
drugs is not attended with any evident harm, as
many Sikhs take bhang regularly without impair-
ment of faculty. Smoking of the drugs is usually
distinctly harmful.
43. No.
44. Eating bhang—
Not always refreshing.
Does not produce intoxication.
Does not allay hunger.
Creates appetite.
Effect—Two hours if asleep; eight hours if re-
maining awake.
No after-effects.
No longing or uneasiness.
Smoking charas—
Refreshing.
Intoxicating in some.
Allays hunger in some.
Creates appetite in habituals.
Effect four hours.
After-effect weakness.
Longing and uneasiness.
Ganja sharper effect than charas.
45. Charas and ganja.
I believe it produces physical, mental and moral
deterioration, but in the strictly moderate use,
slight in degree.
Produces general weakness.
Yes.
Smoking causes bronchitis and asthma, diarrhœa
occasionally.
Yes, a regular smoker is usually lazy and cannot
work until he has had his dose.
I do not know of cases when the strictly moder-
ate use has produced insanity, but impairment of
the intellect is, I believe, common.
46. Charas and ganja—
The excessive use undoubtedly leads to great
impairment of the physical, mental and moral
faculties and is a prolific cause of insanity.
49. Charas and ganja—
Yes.
51. No.
53. Charas-sometimes violence, but generally
moral cowardice.
54. No.
55. Yes.
Yes.
Answer No. 96.
20. The total strength of the regiment is as
follows:—
(a)
Combatants—
Rajputs
671
Sikhs
26
Ahirs
25
Other Hindus
11
Christians
14
Mussalmans
30
Brahmans
3
TOTAL
780
(b) Non-combatants—
Brahmans (Munshi and Pandit)
2
Rajput (Schoolmaster)
1
(c) Authorised camp followers—
Rajput (khalasi)
1
Kahars (water-carriers)
7
Mehtars
7
Gareriya (tindal)
1
Ahirs (khalasis)
2
Other Hindu (khalasi)
1
Numbers of each caste or class who smoke ganja
or charas—
Rajputs
31
Other Hindus
4
Followers
10
24. None eat bhang.
Numbers who drink bhang—
Brahman
1
Rajputs
13
Other Hindus
4
25. In our opinion it is on the increase. Li-
quor being forbidden in most of the superior castes,
the want of stimulants is felt, and the various
preparations of hemp are cheap and easily pro-
curable.
28. Usually about one pice; a sepoy can seldom
afford more.
32. Bhang is said to have been drunk by
Shiva; and on the festival of Shivratri, there is
considerable consumption of the drug.
33. The consumption of the hemp drugs is
generally regarded as a reprehensible habit. In
the native army habitual consumers are looked
upon as professionally useless. All forms of con-
sumption are in disrepute, as they superinduce
forgetfulness, stupidity and laziness. We are not
aware of any custom of worshipping the hemp
plant.
39. Ganja and charas are not eaten, but
smoked. Bhang is eaten or drunk. In our opi-
nion both forms of consumption are equally
injurious.
41. It is believed that the smoking of ganja
and charas (which is heating) is beneficial in a cold
climate. Bhang is believed to be refreshing in
warm climates and to increase the appetite.
42. We do not consider the use of hemp benefi-
cial. Taken in moderation, in any form it may be
harmless, but its use should be discouraged, as the
habit always tends to increase.
43. Moderate consumers may be harmless to
their neighbours; but a neighbour who is known
as a ganja or charas-smoker, or a bhang-drinker is,
as a rule, to be avoided, as he is generally quarrel-
some or frequently reduced by want to dishonesty.