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                          Answer No. 69.

Nine Koris smoke ganja; no charas used.

24.  None.

25.  Said to be on the decrease.

There are none.

28. About 3 pies daily for ganja.

32.  I am acquainted with none.

33.  Generally with indifference.

No.

Charas is considered the worst form.

Not in this corps.

39. Smoking less injurious. The same difference
exists as between the smoking and chewing of
tobacco.

41.  Ganja said to be beneficial; bhang used
medicinally as a cordial.

42.  Certainly, as with tobacco, having regard to
the difference of individual constitutions.

43.  Perfectly so.

44.  I am not sufficiently acquainted with the
vernacular to elicit this information in a reliable
manner.

45.  Yes, leads to insanity especially.

Yes, when used in excess only.

No.

No.

Yes.

Yes.

Exciting cause.

Permanent, mania.

Hallucinations, homicidal mania.

Not as a rule.

Yes.

The use of hemp drugs leads to insanity, not
vice versa.

Nil.

46. The same, only in an exaggerated degree.

49. I am not sufficiently acquainted with the
vernacular to elicit this information.

51. No bad characters here. No doubt occasion-
ally gives occasion to the military crime of sen-
tries and men on duty being found asleep on their
posts.

53.  Certainly, as in the case of whiskey, etc.

No.

54.  Not to my personal knowledge.

55.  Opium and dhatura are said to be chiefly
employed for such purposes.

A full dose of 2 or 3 grains of extract of Canna-
bis indica (or its equivalent of any of the prepara-
tions of hemp) will produce complete insensibility
and somnolence, lasting for hours after the initial
period of excitement is over.

                            Answer No. 70.

20. (a) Combatants—

(b) Non-combatants—

(c) Authorised camp followers—

None.

24.  None in this troop.

25.  No men in this troop use these drugs, so
I am not in a position to give an opinion.

28. I cannot say.

32 and 33. See reply to query 25.

39 and 41. I cannot say.

42. See reply to 41.

43 and 44. I cannot say.

45.  No, I think not.

No, I think not.

No, I think not.

I think excessive use of these drugs might cause
bronchitis.

No.

It does not deaden the intellect.

I think that, if used in excess, it is an exciting
cause in producing insanity. As I have not had
opportunities of seeing cases of insanity caused by
ganja, I am not able to form any opinion to answer
the other questions.

I do not think that the use of this drug by per-
sons suffering from mental anxiety or brain disease
to obtain relief has been sufficiently considered in
explaining the connection.

No.

I am not acquainted with any such cases.

46.  This question has been already answered by
me under No. 45.

49. I cannot say.

51. None in this troop.

53, 54 and 55. I cannot say.