The international trafficking of hashish (Indian hemp) was made illegal to countries that had criminalised it at the League of Nations' 1925 Opium Convention, after a suggestion made by Egypt. The League of Nations made this 'humanitarian effort' thinking that with international collaboration they could help heal the world's physical and social ills.Kozma, Liat. "The League of Nations and the Debate over Cannabis Prohibition." History Compass 9.1 (2011): 61–70. Russell Pasha's reports on drugs and hashish to the Home Office in London were passed around the League of Nations Advisory Committee in 1929. Realizing the importance of examining the facts in those reports, Russell Pasha appeared at the Committee in Geneva as the Egyptian representative.Mills, James H. "Cannabis Nation: Control and Consumption in Britain, 1928–2008", OUP Oxford, 29 November 2012, p. 39
