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Drugs in Japan

Drugs in Japan

  • Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Law(in 1953)
  • Cannabis Control Law(in 1948)
  • Stimulant Control Law(in 1951)
  • Opium Law(in 1954)

  • except for medical use

relieve patients of their agony

e.g. terminal cancer

Basics

Postwar problems

  • in early 50's, huge popularity of methamphetamine
  • "Hiropon"(medical use) or used in factories
  • in 60's, misuse of sleeping pills

sleeping pills themselves are legal

overdose

  • paint thinner

popular among bad boys/girls

bad influence on their body's development

  • LSD, many other synthetic drugs

After WW2

Statistics

  • the percentage of people those who have used drugs at least once in their life
  • yellow: paint thinner
  • green: cannabis
  • blue awakening drug
  • pink: MDMA
  • red: "dangerous" drug
  • gray: any of above

illegal drugs

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National Center of Addiction Service Association

"Dangerous" drugs

other drugs

  • "legal high"
  • law legislation is like that:

chemicals that have certain kinds of structure are banned

  • slightly different chemical structure
  • synthetic vs natural
  • easily modified
  • amateurs don't know what kinds of chemical structure have specific effect on human bodies
  • "dangerous"
  • whack-a-mole game/ cat-and-mouse game

Summary

  • drugs have been popular after WW2

unstable/damaged society

in the depth of misery

  • 4 main laws that set limitations on drugs
  • "dangerous" drugs/legal highs
  • potential damage on the whole society

health problems

antisocial/criminal groups

summary

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