Consumption of cannabis preparations in Assam rose by 88 per cent between 1901 and 1911, far faster than the immigrant tea-garden workforce first blamed for it. A committee on opium and ganja consumption, whose report appeared in the Assam Gazette, found that cultivators, boatmen and river traders smoked ganja against fatigue and exposure, and that its use was also very marked among higher castes, who took it as a luxury.[1]
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References
- Cannabis Britannica: Empire, Trade, and Prohibition, 1800–1928James H. Mills · Oxford University Press · 2003 · pp. 137–138 · ISBN 0-19-924938-5
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