Reading Cannabis in the Colony: Law, Nomenclature, and Proverbial Knowledge in British India

Chattopadhyaya, Utathya

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“…During the colonial era, the British rulers of India initiated the large-scale cultivation of cannabis for hemp, leading to a rapid expansion of cannabis cultivation and utilization in India and worldwide [ 13 ]. This surge in cannabis use eventually prompted the creation of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission report in 1894, one of the earliest systematic studies on cannabis use.…”

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“…This surge in cannabis use eventually prompted the creation of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission report in 1894, one of the earliest systematic studies on cannabis use. The report concluded that only heavy use had significant adverse effects [ 13 ]. However, despite its historical significance and widespread use, India enacted the NDPS Act in 1985, effectively prohibiting the cultivation, production, and consumption of cannabis alongside other narcotic and psychotropic drugs [ 7 ].…”

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Journey of Marijuana From “Folk Tales” to “Doors of Justice”: A Comprehensive Review

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Patil,

Pajai

et al. 2024

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This comprehensive review delves into the intricate journey of marijuana in India, tracing its historical and cultural significance from ancient times to the present day. Despite its deep-rooted presence in religious rituals, traditional medicine, and cultural festivities, marijuana faces stringent prohibition under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985. This review critically examines the current legal framework, highlighting its societal impacts and limitations. Through an evidence-based analysis, it advocates for a reevaluation of marijuana laws to align with contemporary realities, promoting public health, social equity, and economic development. By envisioning a future of evidence-based regulation and innovation, India can unlock the full potential of marijuana as a “miracle crop” for the betterment of its people and society.

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Journey of Marijuana From “Folk Tales” to “Doors of Justice”: A Comprehensive Review

Bezalwar,

Patil,

Pajai

et al. 2024

Cureus

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“…Within a rising moral vocabulary of social threat, individual ‘addicts’ began to appear in the files of governmental archives, whether colonial and national, identified as agents of disorder or as victims of a ‘scourge’. Drug suppression, however, did not eradicate contestation over consumer meanings and practices (Chattopadhyaya, 2022; Vieira, 2022).…”

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A blue coat: The addict and the unspeakable girl in South Africa’s colonial archive

Waetjen

2023

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Can a colonial archive render up form-of-life? To what ends? This essay explores these questions through a methodological exercise that casts a specific historical subject in the role of Giorgio Agamben’s ‘unspeakable girl’. The subject is a woman identified in a 1910 Cape Town police report as a habitual opium smoker. The unspeakable girl is a philosophical construction through which Agamben develops a concept of initiated (or initiating) knowledge. At stake in my forensic re/deconstruction of this case is how a concept of the ‘unspeakable’ may help to unsettle the figure of the ‘addict’ as a stigmatised object of knowledge and paternalism, in service of more humane policy and treatment regimes in the present. The transformative potential of initiating knowledge supports current practice as the ‘come as you are’ motto of harm reduction, and as a bridge between academic analysis and the more intimate concerns of the heart.

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Reading Cannabis in the Colony: Law, Nomenclature, and Proverbial Knowledge in British India

Cited by 2 publications

References 18 publications

Journey of Marijuana From “Folk Tales” to “Doors of Justice”: A Comprehensive Review

Journey of Marijuana From “Folk Tales” to “Doors of Justice”: A Comprehensive Review

A blue coat: The addict and the unspeakable girl in South Africa’s colonial archive

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