In 1893 the British government, then ruling India, established the Indian Hemp Co,mission to investigate the use of cannabis in the country. After consulting with over 1,200 "doctors, coolies, yogis, fakirs, heads of lunatic asylums, bhang peasants, tax gatherers, smugglers, army officers, hemp dealers, ganja palace operators, and the clergy," the commission concluded in its 3,281-page report, the most comprehensive, scientific study ever undertaken of the herb, that "for the vast majority of consumers ... the evidence show the moderate use of ganja or charas not to be appreciably harmful ..."
- High Times
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