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All the buzz: Pot scandal jolts sumo world

Sports Feb. 08, 2009 - 06:22AM JST ( 4 )

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illsayitFeb. 08, 2009 - 09:29AM JST

Oh get off the traditional hype. Don't you realize it is foreigners who like to uphold it more than the Japanese themselves. There is more implications that a swimmer, and a top ,winning level swimming, smokes, can smoke, and still perform, than a sumo wrestler. Implications that smoking isnt any worse,or better, for you than drinking should be undertaken by more Japanese,(only they probably cant be bothered bickering over silly stuff) only the legal status is varied(and why is that, huh??). I don't think possession leads to 5 years either, huh? A Japanese lady said to me recently, if you don't drink, you miss half of lifes fun.
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shiuuFeb. 08, 2009 - 09:31AM JST

If these sumo wrestlers had any imagination, they'd say the got it from members of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.
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bobohFeb. 08, 2009 - 03:54PM JST

Oh my God!! Young men smoking pot!! The sky really is falling!!
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SHOGUN54Feb. 08, 2009 - 11:27PM JST

When is Japan going to be invaded by the same pot smoking pop culture that the west has been enjoying for years. The lavk of an off season for Sumo may also be a contributing factor in this. Look at WWE wrestlers. They train and play all year round and the amount of drugs they take is exhorbitant. In my opinion, Japanese culture as a whole could have an effin joint from time to time and cool its heels. Perhaps they would be less prone to suicide from too much pressure, death from being overworked and perhaps it would lessen the strict class delineations between the haves and the have nots. Plus it is just weed. You can buy shrooms anywhere in Japan and people use it. Alot.