Japan executes drug smugglers. Drugs is how UK, US, USSR poisoned Asia back in the day.
Or what about Christian Hesch smuggling EPO across the Mexican border? Much less risk than smuggling drugs in SE Asia, but a huge risk for drug smuggling in America. Getting caught for EPO was his lowest worry.
Japan executes drug smugglers. Drugs is how UK, US, USSR poisoned Asia back in the day.
Or what about Christian Hesch smuggling EPO across the Mexican border? Much less risk than smuggling drugs in SE Asia, but a huge risk for drug smuggling in America. Getting caught for EPO was his lowest worry.
Up to 7 yrs. Japan and Asia in general has some strict cannabis laws.
The US should have drug laws like this. Would end the fentanyl crisis in a year. Our tolerance for drugs is a weakness and results in high overdose rates and crime.
You need to bang your head against a wall if you're serious. Clearly drug prohibition is not effective at preventing people from using drugs. Look at countries or states where decriminalisation or legalisation has been implemented and you will see quite the contrast.
Bet Japanese prison is cleaner than most Letsrunner's mom's basement rooms
I am an adult Letsrunner & I do live in mothers basement. I can confirm, my room is incredibly messy. Supershoes, shorts, and sweat crusted socks everywhere. Mother comes in every Sunday and washes everything for me.
Maybe the Australian ambassador to Japan needs to intervene to get him released. After all, that's what then-U.S. ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy did for that American Toyota exec who had her father send her oxycontin from the U.S. hidden under some jewelry. The whole thing was a huge embarrassment for Toyota.
The US should have drug laws like this. Would end the fentanyl crisis in a year. Our tolerance for drugs is a weakness and results in high overdose rates and crime.
You need to bang your head against a wall if you're serious. Clearly drug prohibition is not effective at preventing people from using drugs.
Nonsense. It's very effective here in Japan, which has nothing like the drug problem many other countries have. Japan's certainly not losing 100,000+ people a year to opioids the way the U.S. is.
Japan executes drug smugglers. Drugs is how UK, US, USSR poisoned Asia back in the day.
Or what about Christian Hesch smuggling EPO across the Mexican border? Much less risk than smuggling drugs in SE Asia, but a huge risk for drug smuggling in America. Getting caught for EPO was his lowest worry.
Dude, it's not a risky at all. As long as it's not Schedule I and it was lawfully obtained abroad, you can take up to 50 doses of a controlled substance across the border for personal use.
You need to bang your head against a wall if you're serious. Clearly drug prohibition is not effective at preventing people from using drugs.
Nonsense. It's very effective here in Japan, which has nothing like the drug problem many other countries have. Japan's certainly not losing 100,000+ people a year to opioids the way the U.S. is.
You're confusing cultural attitudes with effective drug legislation. Japan has created a taboo culture for drug use. It is also highly likely the numbers of drug use are under-reported. Look at countries where drugs have been decriminalised such as Portugal and you will see for yourself. I live in the UK and drug use is rife here despite drugs being illegal. Prohibition does not and never will work.
In the 1900s the New England nouveau riche families Kennedys, Roosevelts, Carnegies, etc. made a fortune with chemical weapons such as Opium, Tobacco, etc. targeting Asians people for extermination, Asia for occupation, Manifest Destiny.
The US should have drug laws like this. Would end the fentanyl crisis in a year. Our tolerance for drugs is a weakness and results in high overdose rates and crime.
You need to bang your head against a wall if you're serious. Clearly drug prohibition is not effective at preventing people from using drugs. Look at countries or states where decriminalisation or legalisation has been implemented and you will see quite the contrast.
Oregon embraced those policies and their overdose and addiction rates shot through the roof (they are close to 2,000 overdose deaths per year. Singapore is closer to 20 with a larger population, and they execute 1-2 people a year for drug offenses on average over the past two decades). 100 times the deaths (not to mention all the related crimes) does not sound like effective policy.
Singapore wasn’t always the way it is now. During the turn of the previous century, the opium addiction rate was about 20% and close to 50% of their economy was driven by processing opium for the Chinese markets when the British drug lords were running the place (the royal family owes a lot of their inherited wealth to the drug trade).
We can embrace similar policies. There will be an adjustment period, but in the end we will be far better off overall than we are now, just as the Singaporeans are today.