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              Answer No. 157.

I cannot discover that any of them smoke
ganja or charas: it is likely that some do, but all
deny it.

24.  No certain evidence; all deny.

25.  Said to be entirely given up; bhang is said
to have been used in Afghanistan during the war.

28. The native officers think that 1/2lb prepared
bhang would be a fair daily allowance and would
cost 1 or 2 pies.

32. At the festival of Shivratri, which occurs
end of January or early in February, many

classes of Hindus drink bhang in commemoration
of the marriage of the God Shiv (Mahadeo), who
on this occasion gave men the drink bhang for
the first time.

33. Viewed with indifference.
Worship of hemp plant not known.

39. The general opinion of the men in the re-
giment is that drinking bhang in moderation is
not injurious, but that smoking ganja is inju-
rious; affects nerves, lungs, liver and heart.

41.  The moderate use of bhang is said to act as
a tonic.

42.  Moderate use of bhang harmless.
Ganja never good.

Native opinion in the regiment.

43.  Ganja-smokers are said to be quarrelsome.
44. Bhang is said to be cheering and promotes

appetite. Effect lasts one or two hours. No after-
effects.

Ganja allays hunger, produces thirst, and tends
to stupefy: effect lasts three or four hours.

Probably there is a craving for a repetition of
the dose.

45.  I cannot speak from practical knowledge of
the effects of these drugs, as only once in the past
five years has a man been brought to hospital
suffering from them. Natives seem to consider
that bhang taken in moderation increases the ap-
petite and improves nutrition.

Ganja and charas, particularly when smoked,
are said to impair digestion and cause wasting;
chronic bronchitis is said to be caused by smoking
these drugs.

(2) and (3) I have had no experience.
(4) No cases have occurred.

46.  I have no experience of the habitual exces-
sive use of the drug. The one case of excessive

indulgence which came under my notice has not
suffered since from any particular form of disease,
his only admissions having been for injuries and
temporary ailments.

51. I know of none.

53. Not met with any case.

54. I do not know.

55. Complete stupefaction not produced. Dha-
tura would be more likely to be used on the vic-
tim.

              Answer No. 158.