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CH. XVI.] REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94. 311
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GANJA. |
CHARAS. |
BHANG. |
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Minimum. |
Maximum. |
Minimum. |
Maximum. |
Minimum. |
Maximum. |
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Rs. |
A. P |
. |
Rs. |
A. |
P. |
Rs. |
A. |
P. |
Rs. |
A. |
P. |
Rs. |
A. P |
. |
Rs. |
A. P |
. |
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Bengal |
12 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
35 |
0 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
Assam |
15 |
0 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
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North-Western |
2 |
8 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Punjab |
4 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
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Central Provinces |
5 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
Not given |
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Madras |
1 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
8 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
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Bombay |
0 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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Sind |
6 |
6 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
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Berar |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
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Ajmere |
4 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Coorg |
0 |
14 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Not given |
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Quetta-Peshin |
7 |
8 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
The figure given as the
maximum for ganja in the Central Provinces is not
the true maximum. It is "the average retail price in most districts
for small
quantities of ganja." The maximum must, therefore, be higher. In
Jubbulpore,
the Commission found that in some shops ganja was selling at Rs. 12
per sér.
The maximum for the province is not available. A maximum quotation
of 4
annas per tola, equal to Rs. 20 per sér, is given for Ganjam in
Madras: this may
be Rajshahi ganja. Bhang is said to reach a maximum price of Rs. 10
per sér in
the same district. In Malabar, Vellore ganja is said to reach 4
annas per tola, but
the maximum price in North Arcot is 4 pies. Wynaad ganja in the
same dis-
trict is said to reach a maximum price of 2 annas per tola. With
these excep-
tions, no district shows a higher maximum price than that given in
the statement.
It is evident that if the
systematic treatment advocated by the Commission
is to be applied, some means must be taken, especially in regard to
ganja, of
removing the extraordinary inequalities disclosed by this
comparison. Up to year
1892-93, notwithstanding the high price of Rajshahi ganja, the cost
of the daily
average allowance of liquor to the habitual consumer in Bengal is,
according to the
memorandum, much higher than in the case of ganja. Judged by this
test, there is
room even in Bengal for increased taxation. A fortiori is
this the case in other
provinces except Assam. No doubt the quality of the drug varies in
different
provinces, but there is nothing in the analysis of the different
kinds of ganja which
points to such marked discrepancies in the price. And the general
conclusion
which must be drawn from these figures is that in all the
provinces, except Bengal
and Assam, taxation is totally inadequate to the due restriction of
consumption.
The same may be said of charas. As regards bhang, many witnesses
are of opinion
that there is no need to impose the same restrictions upon its
consumption as
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| Description | Report is based on research conducted August 1893-August 1894. The Commission interviewed nearly 2000 witnesses from medical officers to missionaries in 30 cities across India. Covers in detail the effect of hemp drugs (‘ganja’) on physical, mental and moral wellbeing. |
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