שאלה | Question: What is the meaning of the concept “civilizing mission” in the context of drugs?

Question: What is the meaning of the concept “civilizing mission” in the context of drugs?

שאלה #193468

		A) The powers saw drugs as an epidemic and wanted to legalize drug use in the colonies, and “civilizing mission” meant promoting drug culture.
		B) The powers saw drugs as a symbol of weakness and degeneration, and therefore worked to prevent drug use as part of their “civilizing mission.”
		C) The powers saw drugs as a substance that encourages violence, and therefore the “civilizing mission” meant making people more violent.
		D) The powers saw the need to legalize drug culture in the colonies because the natives could continue failing since they were “primitive” and “undeveloped.”

Explanation: In the lectures, imperial actors framed drug control as part of a civilizing mission: intoxication was portrayed as “backward/degenerate,” and limiting it was presented as reforming and “uplifting” colonized societies—often in a paternalistic way. (Lecture/Reading: Ram, Squaring the Circle; Kozma, Cannabis Prohibition in Egypt.)