שאלה | Question: William Brooke O’Shaughnessy

Question: William Brooke O’Shaughnessy —

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		A) Was a member of the League of Nations committee on opium.
		B) Was a British doctor in India who first conducted experiments on cannabis on humans and animals.
		C) Was a British psychiatrist in Egypt who promoted the ban on hashish consumption.
		D) Was the head of the anti-drug campaign in Mandatory Palestine.

Explanation: In the readings, O’Shaughnessy is presented as a pioneering nineteenth-century British physician working in India who systematically studied cannabis. He conducted experimental trials on animals and human patients, framed cannabis as a legitimate medical substance, and introduced it into Western pharmacological knowledge before later prohibitionist shifts. (Reading: Breen, The Age of Intoxication). Quote: “O’Shaughnessy’s experiments on cannabis in India marked one of the first systematic medical studies of the drug.” (Breen, The Age of Intoxication).