It's my understanding that Japan (alongside a lot of other Asian countries) can be quite strict on drugs, both legally and culturally. Is that impression correct, and if so, could you give me a ballpark estimate of the average sentence for possession of different commonly used substances?
Japan's drug laws are very strict, although not as strict as fellow Asian nations such as Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and China, where drug offenders can be executed. Japan is not one of the 35 countries that have the death penalty for drug offenses.
All students are urged to observe Japanese drug laws, which are rigorously and strictly enforced. The possession, receipt, use and sale of drugs, including marijuana, is subject to investigation by the Japanese customs and police authorities. Any student convicted of these crimes will be expelled from our program immediately.
Persons arrested in Japan, even for a minor offence, may be held in detention without bail for two to three months during the investigation and legal proceedings. Further, penalties for drug offences include lengthy imprisonment. Use or possession of small amounts of drugs may result in a prison sentence of between one and ten years and Japanese law allows for a fine of up to 5,000,000 yen. Some people convicted of drug related offences have been issued a deportation order. People deported under these circumstances are not permitted to return to Japan for five to ten years.
You should also be aware that Japanese authorities aggressively pursue drug smugglers with sophisticated detection equipment, drug-detecting dog, and other methods. Incoming and outgoing mail, as well as international packages sent via DHL or FEDEX, is also checked carefully. The Japanese police make arrests for even the smallest amounts of illegal drugs.
I would describe the way they educate themselves with drug a very dystopian, you'd see these indoctrination of dystopian society depicted in media.
They showed us those video describing how dangerous drugs are. I think they used MDMA as an example, which seems to be non-obscure drug commonly used in illegal space right now.
They described the effect of drug in little detail as possible, "Drug will produce short Euphoria" and then you'd be instantly be psychologically addicted even with single use out of curiosity.
The psychological craving will progress into physical addiction, you wouldn't do that with MDMA, that's how opiate works.
But they don't need to make people aware how different each of those substances are, as long as they're illegal. They don't need to know about the effect and they will report it to authority anyway whether you use cannabis or meth and heroin.
In a civil cultural sense, the japanese constantly observe each other if they are doing something "bad". It's very similar to dystopian things I've seen like in this song inspired by "1984".
My family has been suspecting me for buying drug online, I overdosed once in attempt to "go to heaven(which is universe of my favorite fictional media)", and ended up in ICU and they don't want it happening again.
Tramadol has been getting me physical addicted, I will try to reduce the dose with other drugs like pregabalin and DXM.
Some day I'd like to move to state and that's not just for drug reason. I hate the very collectivist and dystopian nature of japanese culture.
I failed the mandatory education which means I never made it to 8th grade and I don't have very basic knowledge of social cues.
Since you mentioned "otaku culture", do you play any jrpgs? If so, what's a good one to get really stoned and grind on? I played all of the persona games over the last couple of years, mostly while high and they were all quite enjoyable.
I've been Neptunia re birth 1. I've heard that it's a JRPG with cute characters who has that particular autistic appeal which I can recognize.
The Same appeal I found in Touhou, Touhou felt like it's particularly designed and engineered for me to absolutely worship it. and I don't want to sound like consumerist but I'd rather want to sound like a cultist, which I really am.
People used to say Touhou is internet cult and I still identify as part of them. You could imagine a Brony and replace Pony with Touhou character and that's pretty much describes me.
I should play Persona, they seem to be very solid game with good aesthetics and soundtrack. a game with good OST(such as Touhou) will have place in my nostalgic memories, at my age I've been wanting to consume so much good media that I can feel nostalgic about when I'm 30-something years old.
I don't know which game are good for getting stoned, it's impossible to get cannabinoid in here.
I do have nutmeg which is dirty edible with alcohol and physically feels like DPH without the inherent mental dysphoria of deliriants. It does makes me anxious lot of time, The second time I mixed it with pregabalin I did not feel anxiety and it was good feeling for hours to end and lasted to next day.
