Charas has been used in India for thousands of years, but this does not mean it is safe. Read about the harms of charas and how to get help if you are addicted. Charas is a cannabis concentrate made from the resin of a live cannabis plant (Cannabis sativa either Indica subspecies or Sativa subspecies) and is handmade in the Indian subcontinent. [1][2] The plant grows wild throughout Northern India [3] along the stretch of the Himalayas (its putative origin) and is an important cash crop for the local ... Charas is an extract derived from the buds of living cannabis plants. Originating in the north of India, it has a rich and interesting past. The same methods to make Indian charas are commonly used in Jamaica, too. Suraj, an NRI, moves back to India, only to realise that the caretaker of his property, Kalicharan, is now running a drug racket on his land. He helps the po...