Ganja vs. Charas — What's the Difference?

Marijuana.

Charas is a cannabis concentrate made from the resin of a live cannabis plant (Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica) and is handmade in the Indian subcontinent and Jamaica. The plant grows wild throughout Northern India along the stretch of the Himalayas (its putative origin) and is an important cash crop for the local people.

Marijuana, as used for smoking.

Cannabis resin, used as an intoxicant in India.

The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating.

A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared

The most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect