1: Introduction
2: 'Dr O'Shaughnessy appears to have made some experiments with
charas': Imperial Merchants, Victorian Science, and Hemp to
1842
3: 'From the old records of the Ganja Supervisor's Office':
Smuggling, Trade, and Taxation in Nineteenth- Century British
India
4: 'The Sikh who killed the Reverend was a known bhang drinker':
Medicine, Murder, and Madness in Mid-century
5: 'The Lunatic Asylums of India are filled with ganja smokers':
Ganja in Parliament 1891-1894
6: 'A bow-legged boy running with a chest of tea between his legs':
Reports, Experiments, and Hallucinations, 1894-1912
7: 'An allusion was made to hemp in the notes appended to the Hague
Opium Convention': The League of Nations and British Legislation
1912-1928
8: 'An outcome of cases that have come before the police courts of
the use of hashish': DORA, the First World War, and the
DomesticDrug Scares of the 1920s
9: Conclusion: Cannabis and the British Government, 1800-1928
Bibliography
Index
History Today: Book of the Year Prize: Highly Commended; Mills's conclusions are salutary in the current cannabis debate. London Review of Books; An excellent account of the changing perceptions of a substance that has once again become the focus of attention ... a judicious mix of serious analysis and interesting anecdotes that shed light on the ongoing colourful career of cannabis Zaheer Baber, Times Literary Supplement; "an amusing book to read, very well researched, and eminently readable". Ann Widdecombe, Radio 4 Today programme d
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