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Sep 28 2005 6 Comments

Class A clots

Unlike my native Britain, Japan doesn’t have an A, B, and C classification for illegal substances. And despite the slackening of laws concerning the possession and use of cannabis in some parts of the world, Japan is having none of it. It’s class A all the way.

just say no japan

This zero tolerance approach means that whilst available, drugs are somewhat harder to find. More expensive too. Facts that may have been a contributing factor in the arrest of two men on Saturday.

Instead of whooping it up downtown, the two presumably inexperienced drug users were found asleep in their car. An act that generally wouldn’t arouse much suspicion, except the pair had chosen to park in the middle of the road. Plus to make matters worse, they opted for a national route in Tokyo’s busy Setagaya district.

A total of 12.9 grammes of cannabis were found on the pair, with 25-year-old Okimaru Fukazawa managing to mutter, “I bought the drugs from an Iranian in Ueno.” Before presumably nodding off again.

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  1. Surronded says

    9/28/2005 at 6:30 pm

    Sometimes people really don’t think. Ridiculous.

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  2. brett says

    9/29/2005 at 2:03 pm

    This will probably trigger a massive manhunt for Iranians in Tokyo ward, supervised by Ishihara.

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  3. Foster says

    9/30/2005 at 3:35 am

    Is that a reference to GITS? Cause if so, Badass.

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  4. melina says

    9/30/2005 at 9:01 am

    Classic pothead reaction.

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  5. Foreign-looking person says

    10/4/2005 at 11:42 am

    Yes. The Iranians. Of course.

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  6. wilpee says

    12/7/2005 at 6:32 am

    true that, zero tolerance. Though, when I lived in Japan, I remember this hippy-ish chic selling ecstacy at a club to foreigners. Since almost NO ONE knew what X was…it was awesome! SIGH…those days are so gone…

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