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Japan thus far hasn't had a history of pot being a common place
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Cannabis has grown both domestically and wildly in Japan from the Neolithic Jomon period (10,000 to 300 BC) to present times. The term "Jomon" itself means "pattern of ropes", which were likely made of hemp.
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Originally Posted by Columbine
If they relaxed on it, it would be easy in some areas of Japan for this hidden cell farms to boom, making their job of regulating the trade a lot more difficult. It would also send out a message to the criminal community that drug running was an unspoken OK and the government would turn a blind eye. Given how that sort of thing is rife and fuels a lot of violence in other asian countries, that would lead Japan into the same generic dis-reputation that it tries very hard to distance itself from.
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This is flawed.
If they relaxed on it, why would it make regulating more difficult? After all, they are
relaxed.
Legalizing it would eliminate the illegal trade -- considering it wouldn't be
illegal. Look through-out History, prohibition never works.
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Originally Posted by Nyororin
The question isn`t whether the law is justified or not. It`s that it is a very obvious law (not something they just didn`t know about) - it was complete common sense. They broke the law in a foreign country when they most definitely should have known better. These people should have been able to live without for the length of their contract - I mean, it isn`t physically addictive right? They were stupid to break the law in a foreign country - that is all that matters.
If the law were something that you could simply not know about or forget about by habit - like the Time magazine example - I could excuse them in a way for breaking it. But this is in a completely different category - there is no room for excuses. They knowingly broke the law in a country known for VERY strongly enforcing that law. The law itself does not matter in this case.
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Despite everything I've said, this surely sums it up
