Japan is set to criminalize the recreational use of cannabis while legalizing medical use. The decision, announced last week, will take effect on December 12. Although the possession and cultivation of marijuana are already illegal in Japan, the new law will also ban its use and impose a prison sentence of up to seven years for offenders. At the moment, Japan does not impose … [Read more...] about Japan To Criminalize Recreational Cannabis And Legalize For Medical Use
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Japan bans sale of 38 goods with synthetic cannabis compounds
The health ministry said Thursday it has banned the sale and advertising of 38 items, such as gummies and cookies, suspected of containing substances similar to a synthetic compound called hexahydrocannabihexol (HHCH), which resembles a cannabis compound. The ban applies to items containing any of five substances, including hexahydrocannabiphorol (HHCP) and … [Read more...] about Japan bans sale of 38 goods with synthetic cannabis compounds
Japan Remains an Outlier as Global Acceptance of Cannabis Grows
TOKYO – For one very particular niche of Japan’s economy, the first Saturday of December marked a black spot on the calendar: It was the first day of the country’s new ban on products – such as gummies, pre-rolled joints and vape cartridges – that contain hexahydrocannabihexol (HHCH), a semi-synthetic cannabinoid that produces an effect similar to THC, the main psychoactive … [Read more...] about Japan Remains an Outlier as Global Acceptance of Cannabis Grows
Japanese Hemp Cultivators Working To Revitalize Hemp Industry
According to a recent report from The Japan News, the region with the most hemp cultivation in Japan is the Tochigi Prefecture, located north of Tokyo. Farmers in the area initially cultivated a variety of hemp called Tochigishiro in 1982, which they still grow today. The number of hemp farmers has dwindled, with 6,000 growers in the Tochigi Prefecture at its peak, down to just … [Read more...] about Japanese Hemp Cultivators Working To Revitalize Hemp Industry
Over-The-Counter Overdoses Largely Affect Women, the Young
The Japan Times reported this week on data published by the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, an agency under the national Ministry of Health, that illuminated how excessive “use of such over-the-counter drugs has grown more popular in recent years, with the number of cases of addiction involving them increasing sixfold between 2012 and 2020.” But the outlet also … [Read more...] about Over-The-Counter Overdoses Largely Affect Women, the Young
‘The power of cannabis’: Japan embraces CBD despite drug taboo. Miyamoto Musashi would have approved… Especially when he was living in that cave.
Tokyo (AFP) – With its zero-tolerance cannabis laws, deep social stigma against the drug and moves to tighten rules on consumption, Japan is no stoner's paradise. But you wouldn't guess it watching Ai Takahashi and her friends twerking, body-rolling and lighting up to the weed anthem "Young, Wild & Free" at a tiny, packed club in Tokyo. What they're smoking isn't illegal … [Read more...] about ‘The power of cannabis’: Japan embraces CBD despite drug taboo. Miyamoto Musashi would have approved… Especially when he was living in that cave.
