Visakhapatnam's (Vizag's) cannabis connection
Hi, Click the link or read the document below. Please leave a comment when you have finished. Brickbats and bouquets are both welcome. Visakhapatnam's cannabis connection The newspapers are full of it. Several times a month there is a story of excise officials seizing Ganja while being transported. The funny thing is that there are always a couple of tribals getting caught and two or three others including the driver conveniently getting away. We city folk know a part of the Ganja story from the media and social context. It is a drug that gives its users a “high”. It is grown in cooler areas in the hills and is smuggled into the cities and sold there for hefty profits. What is Ganja? The Indian word Ganja is known as Cannabis or Marijuana. It is also referred casually as “grass”, “weed”, “hemp” and so on. It includes three species, sativa , indica and ruderalis . Now days several hybrids are also cultivated. It is a green leafy plant which grow...