Doshisha Univ student gets suspended term over marijuana possession

Thursday 13th November, 11:51 AM JST

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timorborder at 12:52 PM JST - 13th November

Is this the case where her parents dobbed her in?
borscht at 01:09 PM JST - 13th November

timor, yes.

Morioka saying it is ‘‘obvious’’ that the defendant was dependent on marijuana

I know it's obvious she smoked the devil's weed, but can one be 'dependent' on it like so many are dependent on alcohol and cigarettes? i.e. addicted?
timorborder at 01:12 PM JST - 13th November

Don't know about addiction, however, there have been studies that have linked heavy usage of weed to physcosis.
jwswiss at 01:37 PM JST - 13th November

There have also been studies that link living in a city, and living with a cat, to psychosis. So what?
nandakandamanda at 01:43 PM JST - 13th November

She'll likely be asked by the university to show her remorse and sincerity in order for them to decide whether to allow her back. This will naturally involve having to name everyone she has ever smoked with, and they in turn will be put through the same questions to see if any one in the network has been left out by mistake.
GG2141 at 01:48 PM JST - 13th November

Nice job, Mom and Dad. That's your daughters life down the spinny.
fatloser at 02:41 PM JST - 13th November

I guess that her last smoke was the final straw for her parents!! Hell, if Clinton and Obama can smoke dope and snort coke than this feller will be ok!! Even if she doesn't rule a world power she can still control a company of be a big shot!!!
Osakadaz at 03:07 PM JST - 13th November

what a load of rubbish.I find it impossible to believe she could have had a big enough stash to become dependent on it.Media beat-up.Addiction is quite possible,in people that have access to monstrous quantities and smoke it pretty much all day every day.
dennis0bauer at 03:11 PM JST - 13th November

Grass is evil! Sake is OK Sigarettes are OK Pachinko is OK.

they make it sound like marijuana is as addictive as crack or heroin
nisegaijin at 03:16 PM JST - 13th November

just get over it and legalize it. then tax it,then you can let go 2/3 of the police force. so instead of wasting money, you will get gov revenues...
slizzer at 03:23 PM JST - 13th November

Holy crap. If that had counted the number of times I smoked out in college they would have given me the death sentence.
outofmydepth at 03:58 PM JST - 13th November

of course she got a suspended sentence. what do you expect??? nothing about suspension from school, though. they are "taking it seriously" - like the poor sumo slobs???
Nessie at 04:41 PM JST - 13th November

Don't know about addiction, however, there have been studies that have linked heavy usage of weed to physcosis.

A recent, more thorough study has debunked this. Check it out on Reddit.com or Google it.
smithinjapan at 06:36 PM JST - 13th November

Oh no! A SUSPENDED SENTENCE! Wonders never cease.
plasticmonkey at 09:48 PM JST - 13th November

This dope smoking thing has gotten way out of hand. This messed up little thing got herself so hooked on the evil weed that she used it multiple times, at least more than twice. She had looked at her friends and thought it was cool, so she smoked it. And then she was hooked.

These kids these days had better be seriously re-educated and be shown the dangerous consequences of cannabis:

--Going on and on about Hendrix's ability to mix rhythm and solo guitar styles on the fly.

--Uncontrollable giggling.

--Unabashedly telling others about your half-baked first novel.

And then come the Charles Manson style murders.

Japan needs to return to the days when strong cigarettes and watered-down whiskey gave moral strength to the loyal company men in suits who slaved tirelessly to create a waga-kuni that gave them some sort of identity. And a TV.