Japan frets over growing marijuana problem

[Anonymous No.]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/03/japan

The revelation that students at the country's most prestigious seats of learning enjoy an occasional joint is hardly the stuff of headlines - unless that country is Japan.

Judging by recent coverage, Japan is in the midst of a marijuana epidemic that is ensnaring everyone from students to suburban housewives and sumo wrestlers.

A slew of arrests for drug-related offences among elite scholars has sparked widespread indignation that more youngsters are choosing to while away their university years in a fug of marijuana smoke.

[Anonymous No.]

u mad?

[Anonymous No.]

Drugs are bad, bro

[Master Sparks !!SAGveut/1uW No.]

>>3146716
The smartest people in the smartest country in the world all agree.
Drugs are good.

[Pedonymous No.]

>>3146716
M'kay.

[Anonymous No.]

Oh no, people are using a drug that's less dangerous than ethanol. Someone save us. Civilization will collapse any day now. I really hate humanity sometimes. And I've never even seen the stuff in person, and have no desire to use it, but I do have a desire to not be taxed and have more of my freedoms curtailed in order to stop people from smoking a fucking plant.

[Anonymous ‮～ᚻᛟᛟᛟᛟᚩᛗ ‪‪‪‬ ‪‬ ‭‬ !Jones4ZrPA No.]

I guess it's time to expand the Japanese prison system so they can fill it with drug users and turn them into hardened criminals.
Better than the alternative of letting people get away with smoking pot, though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3146727
They wont be the smartest after a few years.

[Anonymous No.]

Only black dudes get arrested for smoking weed, which isn't a real problem with Japan since their black population isn't 15%.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3146698
>News
>guardian.co.uk, Monday 3 November 2008 14.19 GMT

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148244
>implying that drugs that aren't cocaine/heroine/meth actually do damage to your brain

troll/republican detected

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148272
oh you

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

sure it's all fun and games with pot at first. you tell yourself "oh i can drop it any time i want" or "it's just an experiment, for fun" but then you get immune and its effect wears off, and you go search for harder stuff. before you notice you're addicted and broke.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148349
this almost never happens

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148349

[StonedAnonymous !XUUanJpkos No.]

Funny, the world cannabis march is held in Tokyo every year, despite Japan being so naive regarding it's use.

Seriously, this is just terrible. Japan imported the drug laws of 1940s America, not long after it became illegal here (during Alcohol Prohibition, weed was supposedly very easy/cheap to acquire).

Marijuana has a lot of benefits, and for a country as stressed out as Japan...well...they fucking need to smoke a joint at least. I made straight As in Japanese and some of the hardest computer science courses during college, and I came to class every day high as fuck. After doing it for a while and getting used to being in public and doing homework, it becomes easy and nobody notices.

Now that I have entered the thread, is it time to sage? I think so, because clearly I am a drug-addled NEET who "whiled away [my] university years in a fug of smoke".

One day, when I am living in Japan, I hope to educate the people about the benefits of the drug, and to dispel the myths perpetuated by intolerance and ignorance. We live in a big world, and it doesn't stand for people to remain ignorant any longer.

[Anonymous No.]

The only things I've seen weed do is ruin a sense of humor or make you a terribly boring person to be around.

I take enough offense to that to keep it illegal.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148272
Don't forget alcohol.

[Anonymous No.]

People is free to do what they want, thay can smoke their own penis if they want to.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148370

I don't know about you, but mary-jane pretty much made everyone around me into half-wits who can't show up to work on time or can't keep track of a simple conversation.

It's good for you that you can keep it together, but most people are fucking retarded, and don't need the extra help getting there.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148370
>nobody notices
chortlingelflad.jpg

Being in charge of a bunch of fresh faced programmers, I can safely tell you that you are only fooling those who aren't bothering to look. Firing guys like you is hella fun.

[Alice Margatroid !DoLLFaGERs No.]

I'm doing it for the first time in a week or two.

I'm scared, Anon ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148444

It stinks like shit and delivers a subpar high. Go do some ecstasy instead.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148452
This

[Alice Margatroid !DoLLFaGERs No.]

>>3148452

I'm pretty much completely straight-edge. I've only ever been slightly drunk twice. Was thinking of doing a tab or something, but that might interfere with my genetic disorder, hurr.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148462

Don't bother with weed. You're basically getting NOTHING but legally impaired from it, so why fucking bother.

It smells awful and cleaning pipes is a bitch if you don't roll, and rolling papers is its own ordeal too. Not to mention that all it does is sap your energy and make you a dullard at parties.

Either do a stimulant or stick to alcohol. The latter is tasty, at least.

[Alice Margatroid !DoLLFaGERs No.]

>>3148493

Alright, I'll take that on board. Sadly getting drunk on Brandy's expensive, and its the only drink I can really enjoy. Ah well, at least it tastes nice.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148493
>>3148452
It's at least worth a try. It does nothing for me personally, but many people really enjoy it.

[Anonymous No.]

OP is a sankaku agent.

[StonedAnonymous !XUUanJpkos No.]

>>3148419

Well, maybe they looked the other way, considering I was a student teacher of about 80 freshmen CS students during my senior year, many of which gave recommendations and praise since I explained the material in the labs much better than the Indian and Chinese professor boss I worked for. Not to mention programming code-optimization/transformation utilities, designing programming languages for research, and general student tutoring. However, nobody said anything. I even told a select few that I was high, and I thought they were joking when they said they didn't notice...but when everyone says the same thing...

Friends, family, co-workers, teachers...when NOBODY IS SAYING ANYTHING I think I've got the incognito part down. I may be a rare case, which is why I get so much heat in /jp/ probably. The idea that someone can actually be productive and interesting while high may not even occur to some people. It's ok though, that is just a product of ignorance.

>>3148397

I agree. Some people do turn into the typical 'stoner' when high, but a common theme among those folk is that they weren't too bright when sober to begin with. A lot of them also smoke themselves silly, which is not what I did when going to school. That was my off-time. At most, I'd take a single hit of dro from my pipe in my school parking lot, then I'd be pretty high and relaxed, but definitely not stoned to the point of not being energetic or comprehensible. A little weird, yeah, but what do you expect from an otaku right?

It's called "responsible usage". Hell, I knew people who would drink before class and they were incognito as well.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148508
That's nice for you. People aren't responsible, though, so responsible use is out of the question.

You also seem to be very full of yourself. I suggest you drop the trip and shut the fuck up about something so unimportant.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148493
>rolling papers is its own ordeal

Only for retards. You don't just load up a wrap and seal, you take a razor and cut it down and strip any seeds.

I'll never understand how anyone on /jp/ can talk about weed without knowing how to roll. The only way to get weed as a NEET is through someone you live with, and thus you should have learned growing up.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148503
It's terrible. Smoke a cigarette if you gotta smoke. At least the cigarette kinda looks cool.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148532

Why should I bother with that shit for such a crappy high? It's way easier to open up a bottle of something good and down that, or to pop a pill and get something way better?

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148532
NEET =/= hikikomori

[Alice Margatroid !DoLLFaGERs No.]

>>3148535

Cigars have more visual appeal than cigarettes, and since you don't inhale twice unless you're a complete idiot they're probably better for you.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148532
My brother happens to be my dealer, otherwise I wouldn't go through the trouble of obtaining it. I don't roll though, but use a vaporizer.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148551

This is correct. Cigars are also really nice if you can get the good shit. Smooth and relaxing--and you look like a mob boss too.

[StonedAnonymous !XUUanJpkos No.]

>>3148503
>>3148493
>>3148452
>>3148461
>>3148444

To make a point, none of you have ever smoked decent weed, based on your posts. The crap grown in Japan (see the OP picture) is terrible quality. You need to get something healthier for your body, like the headies (top of the plant) of a good strain of some hydroponically grown cannabis.

First timers: Do NOT overdo it. You need to take a single hit. Fill your lungs with the smoke slowly, and hold it in for up to 7 seconds. Then feel free to cough to your heart's content.

I hope you enjoy, but if you don't, then that is perfectly fine. The point is that you've opened your mind enough to TRY it, which is more than most people will ever do. Some people will do it on occasion, others will hate it, and some will find medical benefit in it.

But if you turn into a stoner/couchpotato/wastoid, do not blame the weed. You only have yourself to blame.

[Blaze Master E-V-A No.]

Japan needs to regulate GAINAX before they even broach the marijuana problem. Marijuana is a prerequisite to watching thinks like Neon Genesis Evangelion or FLCL. You'd think they'd understand this already...

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148568

The weed I have tried smoking was apparently of good quality considering your suggestion. It was also the most pathetic attempt at intoxicating me that I have ever seen.

It is a weak plant and a weak high. Do something stronger if you have to do something because weed might as well not be there.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148568
No, weed just sucks. Sorry man but it doesn't do jack shit beyond stink up a fucking room.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148568
It's shit. All of it. That you can derive some enjoyment from the inhalation of such filth is beyond me.

I'll enjoy my stimulants, thank you.

[Anonymous No.]

Weed only works if you're a major pussy. Once you've got some tolerance it's all over, so fuck it.

[SonnyRay No.]

I fucking hate smoke, I can't stand it. I used to take anti-depressive pills, but now I stoped it because I'm kinda broke.

[StonedAnonymous !XUUanJpkos No.]

>>3148584

Like with salvia divinorum, there are some people born without the ability to process THC or other cannabinoids. Because of this, some people just can't get high. I'm sorry if you are one of those poor folk. :(

>>3148580

I don't smoke weed to "become intoxicated". That is what alcohol is for. I use it to enlighten myself and open my mind further than it already is. THC has amazing neuro-network reconfiguration properties, allowing your thoughts to be abstracted much easier. This is why many stoners say things that sober people may find ridiculous. That aspect was very useful in programming compilers for me.

Also, in case any of you ever have sex, it's pretty good for endurance. I went at it with a friend of mine for about 8-9 hours or so and neither of us came. I didn't make that up, that was 8-9 hours of sex.

Masturbation is awesome too. Takes me about an hour of constant wacking when I'm blazed. However, post-ejaculation the high drops, so I don't recommend doing this at the beginning of the high.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148568
The stuff I tried was of pretty good quality. Or at least, it was enough to make my friends high. All I got from it was light-headedness, though. It just doesn't work for me.

Salvia is nice, though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148508
>At most, I'd take a single hit of dro from my pipe in my school parking lot, then I'd be pretty high and relaxed, but definitely not stoned to the point of not being energetic or comprehensible.

lol

That's like getting flushed from a single shot. You sure you just don't have any drug tolerance, son?

[Anonymous No.]

Why is Homer Simpson on the bag?

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148639
>8-9 hours of sex.
Why the fuck would you do that? It would get boring by the first hour

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148639
>This is why many stoners say things that sober people may find ridiculous.

This is because what you are saying is ridiculous.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148639
>Also, in case any of you ever have sex, it's pretty good for endurance. I went at it with a friend of mine for about 8-9 hours or so and neither of us came. I didn't make that up, that was 8-9 hours of sex.

Fucking yawn. If you don't come, what's the point?

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148639
>I use it to enlighten myself and open my mind further than it already is.

Okay, I thought you were just some sort of casual user but now you just sound like a fucking retard.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148639

This sounds like some bullshit.

[StonedAnonymous !XUUanJpkos No.]

>>3148645

I'm 5'2", 120lbs, so it really doesn't take a whole lot to satisfy me. I have the body of a shota ;_;

>>3148653

Well, it wasn't constant. When one of us got exhausted, the other took over, and when we were both exhausted, we watched Welcome to the NHK while cuddling/making out/smoking pot. We kept it interesting.

>>3148657

Of course it is. You're not high. Read what you quoted again. :D

Now, I don't want /jp/ to be filled with drug talk outside of it's context...JAPAN. So, to be fair to you all, I'll sage this thread. For your own good. It's really nice to see /jp/ being a bit more open-minded at this time of night. I'm guessing daytime /jp/ is filled with children.

[StonedAnonymous !XUUanJpkos No.]

>>3148664

Feels good man. It's not like we didn't want to come. We just both chronically masturbate so we have a really really high tolerance to orgasms.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148683

No, what you are saying is actually worthy of ridicule, hence ridiculous.

Obviously, you missed the point of that.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148683
The users right now are temporarily different because of Comiket - I assume. Just throwing that out there.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148683
>Of course it is. You're not high. Read what you quoted again. :D

No, that argument can't work. If it actually had merit, whatever was said would stand on its own.

[Anonymous No.]

Wow, Wow, weed is one thing, but this change of topic to having sex?

Where the fuck did this normalfaggotry come from?

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148706
A lot of the nerds you look up to have lives, you know.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148721

Not on /jp/ they don't

[StonedAnonymous !XUUanJpkos No.]

>>3148695

Thanks for bumping the thread dude, but I gotta sage before I ask why is it ridiculous? From a philosophical standpoint, even. Many people smoke cigarettes every day and they are much more harmful health-wise. Same with alcohol. You'd have to call them ridiculous as well.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148727
Obvious denial, just look at this thread.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148698

This. /jp/ is frighteningly full of responsible adults/moralistic shut ins, usually.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148730

Courtesy sage.

I do consider them all ridiculous. But among the most ridiculous things are the things that stoners say, mostly because they are connected with tenuous logic, if they have any logic at all, and are not backed by the actual psychosis that stronger drugs can induce.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148733

Comparing between the /jp/ of old, my obvious conclusion is that most are newcomers.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148730
>amazing neuro-network reconfiguration properties
>8-9 hour sex

This shit is just stupid. Reminds me of when I first discovered weed in high school and the stupid shit I used to say. Not that I have any problem with weed, but this level of enthusiasm is quite repulsive.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148664
Actually, that sounds like it could be a fantastic emotional experience.
To bond with your partner like that for 8-9 hours?

[StonedAnonymous !XUUanJpkos No.]

>>3148749

So long as you find them ALL ridiculous, I guess it's ok. I don't have a problem with people having a problem with weed, so long as it is founded upon a solid philosophical and logical basis. There are arguments against using it, and typically those arguments belong to straight-edges like yourself. You have the right to keep foreign influences from your body. Likewise, I have the right to consume them. Not legally, but philosophically.

omw to page 10 :D

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148766

No, it would be tiring and you would be sore. This guy is bullshit or he took a hell of a lot of breaks.

Besides, the orgasm is what actually promotes the chemical process of bonding.

[StonedAnonymous !XUUanJpkos No.]

>>3148766

To be honest, it was single-handedly the best moment of my whole, entire life. And I am afraid that very little will top the experience. It was simultaneously the most dream-like and most real thing to have ever happened to me. Have you ever almost driven into oncoming traffic because a girl was licking you from face to dick while driving a car? Ever have a girl rip your clothes off of you as soon as you get home? Ever have your nipples bitten so hard the skin is broken? Have you ever fucked the ever-loving shit out of a girl doggy-style and every other position imaginable with your bedroom door wide open, in the middle of the night, and not care if your parents or siblings here you? Have you ever done any of this high? This and more happened. All because of weed.

>>3148756

The more people I repulse, the more weed I get for myself. How's that for stoner logic? :D

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148787
>chemical process
>bonding

[StonedAnonymous !XUUanJpkos No.]

>>3148787

9 breaks, to be precise. Condoms suck, btw. Also, shave your goddamn pubes.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148832

ACTUALLY YES!! IT'S SCIENCE!

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148826
>To be honest, it was single-handedly the best moment of my whole, entire life. And I am afraid that very little will top the experience. It was simultaneously the most dream-like and most real thing to have ever happened to me. Have you ever almost driven into oncoming traffic because a girl was licking you from face to dick while driving a car? Ever have a girl rip your clothes off of you as soon as you get home? Ever have your nipples bitten so hard the skin is broken? Have you ever fucked the ever-loving shit out of a girl doggy-style and every other position imaginable with your bedroom door wide open, in the middle of the night, and not care if your parents or siblings here you? Have you ever done any of this high? This and more happened. All because of weed.

Sounds terrible, to be honest.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148826

You had me until the "oncoming traffic" thing. Having nearly bled out in a traffic accident, I have no wish to ever even come close to experiencing that shit again.

[StonedAnonymous !XUUanJpkos No.]

>>3148856

Well it was pretty fucking epic. Not many people will experience that, especially not a lot of people from /jp/.

Even if you don't like the aggressive, sexually-experienced women, I hope you all have an epic moment in your life. Feels good, man.

[Anonymous No.]

Let's legalize a substance which intoxicates more after a single use than alcohol!

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148875
Quit showing off, the thread's over.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148875
Last time an aggressive, sexually experience woman came on to me (she was drunk as fuck) I punched her in the mouth.

NO.

BITING.

EVER.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148876
I swear to god /jp/, if you fall for this shit...

[Anonymous No.]

What the fuck is going on in this thread /jp/, what-the-fuck...

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148875
Just fucking die, you're the worst tripfag on any board ever.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148875
Worse than Taiga.

[Anonymous No.]

average weed smoking waste of life

[StonedAnonymous !XUUanJpkos No.]

>>3148899

lololol tripfags don't have feelings ;___;

Yeah well at least I'm helping sage.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148891
Fall for what?

[Anonymous No.]

Good thing that Japanese drug laws are among the harshest in the world. Those scumbags deserve to spend the next twenty years of their lives behind bars.
Now death penalty for weed like in Singapore would be even better.

[Anonymous No.]

We ought to put drug users to death

[Anonymous No.]

if i had to live in japan, i would smoke pot too

[Anonymous No.]

Stoner. Think about that for a second, think about all the images that come floating off the top of your head like so much smoke from a bong. What is it that you see?

You see a dirty man in a dirty apartment, sitting on his dirty couch, eating some cereal and watching cartoons or Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke for the millionth time.

You see two teenagers squatting in a basement, playing Halo 3 on Xbox Live. Their GamerTag reads “XxX420lolXxX” and the room reeks of half eaten pizza and sweat.

You see a bunch of natty looking chums in line at the 24 hour McDonalds’, giggling their heads off, trying to decide if they should supersize or not, their glazed eyes fixated on the menu, their smelly fingers rooting for some spare change in the pockets of their jogging pants, playing pocket pool without even noticing.

You see a busted old 1993 Honda Civic at a stoplight. Sublime’s Santeria has been turned up as high as the “custom stereo” the owner bought at Wal-Mart can go. The light turns green, and he slowly rolls off into the distance.

Now, you see why I despise Stoners.

In my honest opinion, stoners are nothing more than lazy, unemployed, do nothing, idiotic fuckers who never leave the house and never contribute anything useful to society. They’re the ones who live in their mother’s basement and delivers pizzas part time while blasting Cypress Hill on his iPod, because it’s just so AWESOME BRO.

And people then wonder why it hasn’t been legalized. The fact is reefer turns people into these zombie-like manchildren. And, since a lot of people just aren’t smart enough to figure out that it’s a pointless waste of time that will turn their brains to goo, there are just more and more of them turning up everywhere and, frankly, the world doesn’t need any more dumbasses.

So, I urge you, if you enjoy cannabis, jump off a fucking cliff and die.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148919
>>3148947
Why do you hate freedom, Anon?

[Anonymous No.]

They should be fretting over the growing feminist problem.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148968

Not everyone who smokes marijuana is a "stoner" though.
That's like saying everyone who drinks alcohol is an alcoholic.

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148992
sure thing hippy

[Anonymous No.]

>>3148971
Because too much freedom is a bad thing. See: women.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>>3149021
Fag.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

ＭＤＭＡ

[Anonymous No.]

why u little!!! give me that blunt!! bart!!!! xD

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

Shitty thread made shittier by a shitty poster, but I will just mention that some of my best scores is shmups were made possible by this plant.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

Sakai Noriko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBe4inBJEGY

[Anonymous No.]

Drug in Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZaZlU_IA38

[Anonymous No.]

Am I the only one who doesn't think green is that fun? I've smoked it a few times but I really think it's more worth it to pay for alcohol than for marijuana. I mean, if someone's tapping my shoulder offering a joint I don't say no, but I'd never pay for it. I prefer standard booze.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

Well, weed for me makes everything more interesting and makes me focus more, so its good for video games, movies, novels, studying, etc. It's helped me rekindle my interest in engineering and higher learning, instead of wasting away into a depressed NEET.

It's really what you make of your high, and not smoking 24/7 so your head does have clear thoughts.