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REPORT
OF THE INDIAN
HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION,
1893-94.
[APP.
Hemp
Drug
cases
admitted
in
1892—contd.
Name, race, occupation,
district, age, and register
number of lunatic.
Alleged
cause of
insanity
(Statement
VII).
Type of in-
anity (State-
ment
VI).
State of
health on
admission.
Facts ascertained from the papers.
Asylum history and facts ascertained from
registers and from inquiry from
Superintendent.
2. Tajodin—contd.
Ganja
Dementia
provement, complains of want of
food, gets extra rations.
Demen-
tia.
February 13th, weight 113
lbs.
Has been very excited since
26th January 1893. 13th March,
weight
116 lbs. Always
talks
nonsense, no improvement.
27th
April, weight 121 lbs. No mental
change.
15th May, weight 122½
lbs.
Always muttering, very de-
pressed.
10th June, weight 124½
lbs. Very depressed and talks
great nonsense. 13th July, weight
129 lbs.
Very suspicious
and
troublesome, not to be trusted.
10th August, no change, always
muttering."
The man appeared before us mut-
tering, and though he smiled as he
said he liked ganja, he turned off
at once into incoherent talk.
3. Itwargir; Gosai;
Beggar;
Amraoti;
24; 854.
Ganja
Mania
The Descriptive
Roll shows that this
man was convicted on 14th Octo-
ber 1891 and sentenced to one
year's rigorous imprisonment for
theft in a building
The certifi-
cate of the Superintendent, Cen-
ral Jail, of 26th October 1891, says
"He is violent and noisy as well
as filthy in his habits. He is abu-
sive and talks incoherently and
senselessly."
The
Superinten-
dent's letter of 27th November
1891, says that
"the
prisoner
manifested
signs
of
insanity
since the date of admission on
the 14th October and from that
time he has been kept under
observation in cells.
His history
is that of a ganja smoker.
He
has been noisy, torn his clothes
repeatedly, been
filthy
in his
habits, talked incoherently and
suffered from insomnia since he
has been admitted here.
His
general health has improved con-
siderably, and he has gained
21 lbs. in weight."
Admitted, 28th November 1891.
Transferred to
non-criminal
15th October 1892.
list.
Before us this man said he used to
take ganja regularly.
It
was
food to him and he could work
on it.
He was also a gosain, and
therefore ganja suited him.
He
had smoked from boyhood.
He
used tobacco with it, but no datura
or anything else.
He said he was
not mad but had been imprisoned
and also flogged (20 strokes) at
Anjuni without cause. There are
no marks on him.
He never took
opium or liquor.
The Asylum register
shows his
weight on 19th November 1891
as 120 lbs. and on December 4th
as 127 lbs.
Is crying and wants
to go home, and is much depres-
sed.
January 4th 1802, weight 119 lbs.
Dull and apathetic always, and
speaks very slowly and
hesitating-
ly.
Says that he smoke
ganja,
Is very destructive. February 1st,
weight 122½ lbs. Is noisy towards
the early morning hours
During
the day he is dull and
quiet.
March 3rd, weight 123½ lbs. Des-
tructive. April 4th, weight 123 lbs.
Excitable at times and assaulted
a lunatic yesterday.
May 2nd,
weight 122 lbs., very destructive.
June
2nd,
weight 123½ lbs.,
noisy and destructive.
Bromide
potassium
and ammonia. July
4th,
weight 122 lbs. still very
destructive. August 13th, weight
120 lbs. Destroyed 5 coats and
3 dhoties. September 14th, weight
121 lbs., very destructive.
Octo-
ber 8th, weight
121 lbs, still
slightly
destructive.
October
20th, sentence expired on the 14th
October 1892; he is
therefore
placed on the non-criminal list.
To be brought before the visitors
for readmission.
This man's sentence expired on the
14th October 1892 and he has
consequently been transferred from
the criminal to the non-criminal
list from the 15th October 1892.