The smoking of dagga (Indian hemp) among the native races of South Africa, and the resultant evils

Abstract

PART I, Deals with the Smoking of Dagga ameng the various Dative races of South Africa. This has been gone into fully as the literature on the subject is scanty. Further the description is a general one and does not apply to any tribe in particular. Although somewhat of a digression the question of "Black Peril" cases has been included, because many people believe Dagga to be one of' the causal factors.PART II. Deals with the Insanity resulting from Dagga smoking. The subject has been treated in the manner usually adopted in text books. Any figures quoted are entirely original and are in all instances vouched for by statistics compiled from case sheets.