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Originally Posted by clintjm
Alcohol has zero benefits too then I guess.
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Actually in moderation certain alcoholic drinks have been researched to have health benefits. I am sure you heard them, so I won't waste anyone's time list them here.
There is a "safe level" of drinking that doctors generally agree to for most people. There is no "safe level" of cigarette use.
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Originally Posted by xyzone
LOL
"negligibly small" would be whatever is lower than what any enforcement can actually stop. They slump for a time, lower the standards, bam, "neglibibly small".
It's "negligibly small" in the US and all other countries, also. Because I said so.
They grow their own. It grows anywhere.
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The rate of marijuana usage in Japan is far lower than the US or Canada. As Nyororin, punishments are severe and especially when famous people are busted it is a career ending event. Paul McCartney even spent 10 days in a Japnese jail for posessing weed.
It is not only the punishement that keeps people away, but social attitudes toward the drug, which are very negative.
From the Wall Street Journal:
While hard numbers are difficult to come by, marijuana use in Japan appears to be low compared with other countries. In a survey of 85,000 households from 17 countries published last year by the Public Library of Science, a nonprofit group based in San Francisco and Cambridge, U.K., only 1.5% of Japanese respondents said they have used cannabis, compared with 42% in the U.S. and 18% in Germany.