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              Answer No. 161.

20. Total strength 625 men, composed entirely
of Muhammadans.

Some of the followers may smoke ganja or
charas. None have come under my notice. The
men of my regiment do not smoke these drugs.

24.  Some of the followers may smoke ganja or
charas. None have come under my notice. The
men of my regiment do not smoke these drugs.

25.  These drugs are not used by the class of
men in my regiment, and I can afford no inform-
ation therefore on these points.

28. See above reply.

32.  None whatever among the classes of men
in my regiment, as far as I know.

33.  As these drugs are not used by the classes
in this regiment, they naturally despise a man for
using them. There are no sects in this regiment
who worship the hemp plant as far as I know.

39. I am told smoking is the more injurious
form, but I do not know, nor have any opportu-
nity of judging.

41. I do not know. It may be beneficial in

case of illness or insomnia if eaten in small quan-
tities. So I am informed.

42 and 43. I have had no opportunity of form-
ing an opinion.

44.  See answers to questions already given.

45.  The men of this regiment do not indulge
in this drug, and I have had no opportunity of ob-
serving the effects of the drug in its different forms
as used by the natives of India.

If it were indulged in for any length of time
I should expect it to produce loss of appetite and
strength, both physical and mental. An occasional
dose does not, however, derange digestion in the
way that opium does, and it may give rise to a rave-
nous sensation that food will not appease. I know
of no facts pointing to the use of these drugs
as a cause of dysentery or bronchitis. Therapeu-
tically it used to arrest spasmodic asthma in the
form of cigarettes. It is said to increase sensual
desire, but of this and its effect on the moral sense
I have no opportunity of forming an opinion.
The habitual use of them would probably induce
laziness. I know of no cases where it has produced
insanity.

In the only experience of the drug I have had,
viz., in medicine, I have found its action very un-
certain and varying in different individuals, and
occasionally even in the same individual at different
times.

46.   Vide answer to question 45.

[Questions 45 and 46 answered by Medical
Officer.]

49 and 51. I have no opportunity of forming
any opinion.

53.  It is said to do so.

54.  Charas is said to be so used.

55.  They are said to do so.

I cannot say.

              Answer No. 162.