Report of the Indian Hemp Drug Commission

Kalant, O. J. Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1893-1894 A critical review. International Journal of the Addictions, 1972, 7, 77-96. 

Most descriptions of the preparation of Cannabis products are second-hand repeats of nineteenth century accounts—none too accurate to begin with. The accounts generally derive from India and adjacent areas and use the native terms for the products. Since the procedures they describe are the world s oldest for the preparation of Cannabis products, it is appropriate to recount a few of them here. Most are from the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission Report (1893-1894). 

Several influential reports have appeared on the use of marijuana and its effects, including the 1894 Indian Hemp Drugs Commission Report and the 1944 LaGuardia Commission Report. Such reports have tended to find that marijuana use overall is not particularly harmful to society at large. 

Chopra and R.N. Chopra, The Use of Cannabis Drugs in India, Bulletin on Narcotics 9 (1957) 4 Indian Hemp Drugs Commission Report 1893-1894, (7 vols), U.S. Government Printing Office. 

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