Just in case somebody believes you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_i

Just in case somebody believes you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Egypt#Ottoman_period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Egypt#Ottoman_peri... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Singapore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Singapore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Opium_Convention 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.