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32. There is no social or religious custom
regarding this, as those who do not drink intoxi¬
cating liquors use these drugs.
33. The consumption is apparently regarded
unfavourably.
I have not had enough intercourse with the
native army to say.
I have heard of no custom of worshipping the
hemp plant.
39. There is no regimental medical officer to
consult.
41. Can form no opinion.
42. The moderate use is said to be harmless.
43. They are said to be.
44. Said to be refreshing.
Ganja produces intoxication a few minutes after
it is smoked; beyond this I can gather no informa¬
tion.
45 and 46. There is no regimental medical officer.
49. Not understood.
51. No such conclusions can be arrived at from
among the natives of the battery.
53. There has been no serious crime, and conse¬
quently I cannot say.
54. As above.
55. Cases such as those referred to have never
come within my experience.
Answer No. 169.
20. (a) Combatants
623
(b) Non-combatants
4
(c) Authorised camp followers
367
TOTAL
994
(a) Combatants—
Sikhs
222
Dogras
69
Panjabi Muhammadans
167
Hindustani
"
15
Pathans
135
Hindus
15
TOTAL
23
(b) Non-combatants—
Hindustani Muhammadans
2
Sikh
1
Panjabi Hindu
1
TOTAL
4
(c) Authorised camp followers—
Panjabi Hindus
74
"
Muhammadans
156
Purbias
102
Dogras
35
TOTAL
367
Of these practically all the Purbias smoke
charas and 5 Pathans. Ganja is not used.
24. There are no habitual consumers of bhang,
but in the hot weather
Sikhs
75
Dogras
10
Pathans
10
Panjabi Hindus
3
drink it occasionally mixed with "sardai."
25. The use of these drugs has decreased and
there is no regular consumption of them. In the
hot weather a few men occasionally drink bhang
mixed with "sardai."
28. The average cost of charas is 9 pies per diem,
and of bhang 6 pies per diem for an habitual moder¬
ate consumer.
32. None are known.
33. The consumption of these drugs is consi¬
dered a bad habit in the native army, and opinion
is against their use.
There is no custom known of the hemp drug
being worshipped.
39. The smoking of any preparation of the hemp
plant is more injurious than drinking, or eating
it.
41. No.
42. It is not necessarily harmful when taken
in moderation.
43. Moderate consumers are not inoffensive.
44. They are refreshing for the time; they do
produce intoxication; they do allay hunger; they do
not create appetite; the effect lasts from five to six
hours; their after effects are lassitude and exhaus¬
tion.
45. The habitual moderate use of any of these
drugs generally leads to physical decay. Small
amounts at first stimulate the mental qualities, but
later depress them and almost invariably lead to
moral laxity.
The nervous system is impaired by these drugs.
They frequently lead to bronchitis and asthma,
but not dysentery. They occasionally lead to in¬
sanity which takes the form of delusions of gran¬
deur, etc. In the early stages the insanity is tem¬
porary, but later becomes of a permanent nature.
The drugs in question being the exciting cause
of the former, but if the habit be continued they
predispose to permanent insanity.
In the case of the temporary variety the symp¬
toms may be reinduced by the resumption of the
drug after release from restraint.
The most typical symptoms produced by the
drugs are dilation of the pupils, delusions and
excessive mental exaltation.
Insanes do confess to the use of the drug.
There is no doubt that the drug is resorted to
by men suffering from mental anxiety.
46. As regards the habitual excessive use of
the drugs, the chief symptoms are physically
permanent thirst and sometimes hunger.
The mental powers are much enfeebled, the men
remaining in a semi-conscious condition.
49. No.
51. It cannot be ascertained that any large pro¬
portion of bad characters are habitual consumers of
these drugs.
Nor have they any connection with crime.
53. A man unaccustomed to these drugs might
be incited to violence by excessive indulgence, but
the habitual consumer would not be. No case of
temporary homicidal frenzy is known.
54. No.