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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
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Appointment of the Commission : its object |
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Constitution of the Commission |
ib. |
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Instructions to the Commission |
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Commission's method of inquiry |
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Invitation to persons interested to lay their views before the Commis- |
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Selection of witnesses by Local Governments |
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Information from official and other sources |
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Preliminary tour : Objects and reasons of — |
ib. |
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Lunatic asylums |
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Connection between hemp drugs and violent crime |
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Native States |
ib. |
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The Army |
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Sketch of the proceedings of the Commission |
ib. |
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Attendance of Members |
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The witnesses |
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The evidence : Method of treatment of— |
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CHAPTER II.
IMPORTANT POINTS
CONNECTED WITH THE NATURAL HISTORY OF
THE HEMP PLANT (CANNABIS SATIVA).
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Limitation of discussion |
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Points for discussion |
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Is the hemp plant indigenous to India? |
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Is the fibre plant identical with the narcotic plant? |
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Description of the hemp plant |
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Existence of races of the hemp plant yielding the different products ., |
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Does the fibre plant yield narcotics ? |
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Does the narcotic plant yield fibre ? |
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CHAPTER III.
THE EXISTENCE,
PREVALANCE, AND CHARACTER OF THE SPONTANE-
OUS GROWTH.
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Bengal : |
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The wild growth not found over the whole province |
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The Patna Division north of the Ganges |
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The Bhagalpur Division |
ib. |
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The Rajshahi Division |
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The Dacca and Chittagong Divisions |
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The central part of Lower Bengal |
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South-Western Bengal bounded by the Ganges and Bhagirathi |
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The Tributary States of Orissa |
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The Political States of Chota Nagpur |
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Kuch Behar |
ib. |
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Hill Tipperah |
ib. |
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| India Papers > Medicine - Drugs > Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895 > Volume I > (2) Contents |
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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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| Description | The Drugs collection consists of 9 volumes from British India, dating from 1867 to 1903. Extensive research on hemp and opium usage, cultivation of cinchona trees and reports from Nilgiris plantation. Includes medicinal plants. Chloroform anaesthesia research described plus clinical trials and debates on its safety. |
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| Description | The India Papers collection contains publications of the central (Imperial) Government and many Indian states. Most states came under British rule. Much of the collection dates from between the post-Mutiny re-organisation of the Indian Government and Indian Independence in 1947. Some items published in London by John Murray. |
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