Explanation: In the lectures, Cato Pasha is presented as a senior Egyptian official linked to drug administration and intelligence in the late 1920s, involved in state efforts against hashish trafficking, sometimes prioritizing other substances as more urgent. (Reading: Kozma, Cannabis Prohibition in Egypt).
Kozma..Cannabis Prohibition in Egypt
Quote: “Cato Pasha… headed the General Intelligence Bureau in 1929 and oversaw efforts against hashish trafficking…” (Kozma, Cannabis Prohibition in Egypt).