10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHARAS»
Discover the use of
charas in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
charas and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Geography and Drug Addiction
Of course, the above analysis takes as given the assertions of the dissenting
Indian majority on the Commission, i.e., that ganja and charas were different from
bhang. This is not at all obvious, given that the intoxicating substance, namely
THC, ...
Yonette F. Thomas, Douglas Richardson, Ivan Cheung, 2008
2
Trade and Contemporary Society Along the Silk Road: An ...
has been a matter of some recent controversy.6 In the late nineteenth and early
twentieth century, however, the distinctly resinous quality of Cannabis indica was
yet to be disputed, and the composition of charas as coming from the Cannabis ...
Jacqueline H. Fewkes, 2008
3
Excerpts from the Indian Hemp Commission Report
charas is coeteris paribus the more potent. They are both ordinarily smoked,
though very occasionally used for eating and drinking usually in the form of
admixtures with other condiments. As stated by Mr. Lyall (Bengal 1 ): "Ganja and
charas ...
4
Poison Eaters: Snakes, Opium, Arsenic, and the Lethal Show
Charas' resistance to Redi's experimental conclusions seems monomaniacal
today. At the time, he was defending ideas of animal being that distinguished
between “the flammeous life of the blood, and the lucid, or Aethereal substance
of the ...
5
Sites of Asian Interaction: Ideas, Networks and Mobility
Charas Another good that represented a significant portion of the trade coming
through Ladakh was the drug charas, a highly potent product of Cannabis indica.
Unlike cotton piece goods and synthetic dyes from British India, this product ...
Senior Lecturer in History Fellow Tim Harper, Tim Harper, Sunil Amrith, 2014
Bhang, ganja, charas, and hashish are various forms, which differ from each
other by part of plant from which they are extracted and content of
pharmacologically active metabolite THC. Cannabis acts on specific cannabinoid
receptors in the ...
7
Play, Creativity, and Social Movements: If I Can't Dance, ...
And what other kinds of public spaces are under attack at this point? How can we
defend them? How can we help groups that are trying to defend them get
together and see that they've got common interests? “Charas, Other Public Lands
...
Charas quickly snapped the point of his sword up toward Jake's head grazing his
helmet. Both men returned to their ready positions. Charas stepped up to Jake
and began delivering regular blows. Jake was pushed steadily backward, and ...
9
Science and Social Status: The Members of the Academie Des ...
Charas next appears in the early 1650s as apothecary to Gaston d'Orleans, a
charge which he owed to the duke's first physician, L'Esprit, who had taken
Charas under his wing. The charge raises another possibility, that during the
Frondes ...
10
The Beach Beneath the Streets: Contesting New York City's ...
In recent years, the Reverend Billy has preached about the fate of the old PS 64,
longtime home of Charas/El Bohio Community Services Center, which was sold
off to a developer in 1998. Charas/El Bohio was a former public school building, ...
Benjamin Shepard, Gregory Smithsimon, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHARAS»
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charas is used in the context of the following news items.
ANF seizes Rs 443 million drugs in countrywide operations
The team also conducted a raid at a village Kacha Khooh in Khanewal and recovered 1kg of charas from the possession of a local drug ... «Daily Times, Jul 15»
Inmate caught taking mobile, drugs inside the jail in Rajasthan
Each pouch of Charas (drugs) weighs about 70 to 80 grams, he added. Banjara, a resident of Nagar Nigam colony area, was arrested under ... «Zee News, Jul 15»
SEVEN MILLION DRUG ADDICTS IN
4.25 million of the respondents were classified as “drug dependent” with marijuana or charas being the leading drug of choice at 4 million users ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»
E&T achieves revenue target
The Excise branch recovered 15kg heroin, 10kg charas, 1. 5kg opium, spurious liquor more than 1,000 liters and toxic injections ion huge ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
From charas and ganja to more hardcore MDMA and Meow Meow …
Drug abuse unites north and south campuses of the hallowed Delhi University. Substances on sale include anything from ganja and charas to ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Notorious for drugs, Malana village now wants 'backward' status
With few sources to earn their livelihood the villagers have been engaged in the narcotics trade with 'charas' extracted from hemp plants grown ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
Local 'innovators' keep cops at arm's distance
While charas is still ferried in cars and trucks having specially designed cavities, the agency has trained eyes on the international business of ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
Web portals high on drug talks
... sticks), sleeping pills to cow dung and much more substances like these are added to increase the quantity of the hashish (charas) produce. «India Today, Jul 15»
Soon, 'Op Clean-Up' to weed out drugs
A huge quantity of heroin (9,301 kg), smack (41.6 kg), charas (134 kg), cocaine, opium and other drugs were also seized. This was also the first ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
2 held at Arambol with charas worth Rs 2L
Mapusa: Two Nepali men residing at Arambol were arrested in two separate drug raids by Pernem police and charas worth two lakh was ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
