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Japan to criminalise cannabis use (www.bangkokpost.com)

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[-] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Just Japan doing Japan things.

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[-] 11111one11111@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

What a wierd fucking reason to not currently punish weed consumption and then to use such an antiquated reason to criminalize it. The whole article read like something out of 1920's-1950's America. So dumb.

[-] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

1a. It's a relatively small incentive to get people to emigrate, particularly the young.

2b. wp:Cannabis in China

(my bold)

In 1985, the People's Republic of China joined the Convention on Psychotropic Substances and identified marijuana as a dangerous narcotic drug, and illegal to possess or use it. The penalty for marijuana possession in China is disputed from various sources, but according to the Law on Public Security Administration Punishments, marijuana smokers shall be detained for 10 to 15 days and fined a maximum of 2,000 yuan.[16][17] However, the cultivation of cannabis for industrial purposes (hemp) has never been prohibited in China.[1]

On another hand, cannabis seeds have been continuously listed in the Chinese Pharmacopeia[18] and hemp has never been prohibited in the history of the country.[19]

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