There are also references of the ban in Turkey and Greece in 1890 everywhere but without good sources.
The above should be enough to realize that that different nations made various drugs illegal without the US influence and without intention to oppress black panthers and communists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Egypt#Ottoman_peri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Singapore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Opium_Convention
There are also references of the ban in Turkey and Greece in 1890 everywhere but without good sources.
The above should be enough to realize that that different nations made various drugs illegal without the US influence and without intention to oppress black panthers and communists.