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214 REPORT OF THE INDIAN HEMP DRUGS COMMISSION, 1893-94. [APP.
Hemp drugs of which the
dose had to be increased to 1/100,000 of the body
weight-
Kistna ganja.
Madras local market
ganja.
Amballa bhang.
Amballa charas, maskak, No.
1.
Delhi District charas, mashak.
Gurhwal charas, No. 1.
" " " 2.
Hemp drugs requiring a
dose equal to 1/90,000 part of the body weight-
Amritsar charas,
bhara.
Delhi District charas, dust,
2nd class.
Hemp drugs of which a
dose equal to 1/80,000 part of the body weight was found to
be
sufficient -
Khandesh bhang.
Hemp drugs requiring a
dose equal to 1/70,000 part of the body weight in order to
manifest
action equal to that induced by the minimum dose of the extract of
the standard ganja-
Ghazipur illicit
ganja.
Hemp drugs requiring a
dose equal to 1/60,000 of the body weight-
Sholapur bhang.
Hemp drugs requiring a
dose equal to 1/20,000 part of the body weight-
Rajshahi bhang
(cultivated).
Satara bhang.
Bombay charas.
Hemp drugs requiring a
dose equal to 1/10,000 part of the body weight.
Amballa charas, mashak, No.
2.
Delhi District charas, dust.
Kumaon charas (wild).
Hemp drugs requiring a
dose equal to 1/5,000 part of the body weight-
Bhagalpur bhang.
Assam bhang (wild).
Gwalior charas.
Kumaon charas (cultivated).
Hemp drugs the dose of
which could not be determined-
Nepal charas A.
" "
B.
" " (Shahjahani).
A tabular statement
giving the above information is appended for more ready
reference,
see table No. II.
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| Description | Report by Surgeon-Captain J.F. Evans, Chemical Examiner to the Government of Bengal, regarding physiological investigations concerning hemp drugs, cont. |
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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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