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Britain taxes bhang, ganja and charas in India
The British Parliament imposed a tax on cannabis products, saying the aim was to reduce consumption for the sake of the health and sanity of Indians. Attempts to criminalise cannabis in 1838, 1871 and 1877 were not enacted.
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