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Originally Posted by burkhartdesu
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.
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.
Despite everything I've said, this surely sums it up  |
Prohibition is working in Japan, and it is working admirably. Japan doesn't have heroin or crack addicts selling their bodies so they can get enough money for another fix or hit. The jails are not full of dealers and other drug violators, and thousands of people aren't being killed here every year in gang wars.
Japan doesn't give offenders a slap on the wrist, then turn them free to break more laws. Offenders are seriously punished, their names are published, and they are scorned.
BTW, the picture you posted shows an Edo-period Japanese woman holding a tobacco pipe.