Japanese Prison Weed

[QuantumRider]

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/world/story.html?id=71f154e2-159c-4f5d-a133-1e63853da9b8

Inmates in a Japanese jail found about 300 marijuana plants in the exercise yard, but instead of getting high, they reported the discovery to the authorities. Last year, guards pulled up about 300 plants in the Abashiri prison on Hokkaido, northern Japan, and treated the ground with herbicide to prevent any recurrence. Despite their efforts, the weed sprouted again this year. Prison officials think soil brought in for the exercise yard may have contained marijuana seeds. Takashi Nomura, a prison guard, said inmates are allowed to cultivate vegetables and did not appear to have added marijuana. "We only grow potatoes and beans here," he said. In physical checkups, prison officers found no sign any inmates had taken advantage of the wild marijuana.

Instead of trying to keep it out, looks like the warden shipped it in himself (as seeds in the soil, but still...)

[StukaJU87]

WTF? The inmates had to tell them about it? That's funny. Guess the officers in Japan are real observant.:ROTF:

[lerxstcat]

I don't know who's dumber, the officers for not knowing or the prisoners for telling them?

To be fair, cops there are probably more geared towards dealing with opiates...

[QuantumRider]

To be fair, cops there are probably more geared towards dealing with opiates...

Actually, the drug that is looked upon as being the most "evil" in Japan is speed (methamphetamines?).

Supposedly, a good portion of the North Korean government budget is financed by their methamphetamine export into Japan.

As far as weed goes, hemp has a long tradition here. It was only made illegal after WWII, when the Americans co-wrote the present Japanese constitution.