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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

R2 we're supposed to be going up not down!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Is it Mary Jane you are looking for??

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

1a. It's a relatively small incentive to get people to emigrate, particularly the young.

2b. wp:Cannabis in China

(my bold)

In 1985, the People's Republic of China joined the Convention on Psychotropic Substances and identified marijuana as a dangerous narcotic drug, and illegal to possess or use it. The penalty for marijuana possession in China is disputed from various sources, but according to the Law on Public Security Administration Punishments, marijuana smokers shall be detained for 10 to 15 days and fined a maximum of 2,000 yuan.[16][17] However, the cultivation of cannabis for industrial purposes (hemp) has never been prohibited in China.[1]

On another hand, cannabis seeds have been continuously listed in the Chinese Pharmacopeia[18] and hemp has never been prohibited in the history of the country.[19]

[–] [email protected] 140 points 1 month ago (6 children)

but getting blind drunk in the street every night for them is fine. Ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I was shocked at how often you just see people laying passed out on the sidewalk or sleeping on a bench. Japan is an insanely different place after the bars start closing. Was genuinely uneasy with how many people everywhere just had zero control of themselves.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's a reason why countries with proper transit infrastructure view alcoholism as a novelty.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The pant is illegal because it's cheap to grow yourself, but if you let some drug companies make money off of processing it, then it's perfectly fine to use...

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