Question: What were the reasons for the Egyptian authorities’ opposition to cannabis during the British period in Egypt?

Explanation: The reading explains that Egyptian prohibition grew out of combined anxieties: safeguarding public health (and hygiene) and older moral religious debates, framed within an elite “civilizing” agenda. So the best match is the option that includes both public health and moral concerns. (Reading: Kozma, Cannabis Prohibition in Egypt, 1880–1939). Quote: “From the late nineteenth century, hashish was banned as a result of a combination of health and hygiene concerns, prior religious debates…”