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INTEREST: Japan Cabinet Office Posts Manga to Convey the Dangers of Drug Use


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Lemonchest



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:41 pm Reply with quote
Manga - Not even once.
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valoon



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:48 pm Reply with quote
What a bullshit, just because he stabbed his father because he mistook him as police officer doesnt mean that drugs are at fault, no normal person would stab a police officer even under influence of drugs
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:53 pm Reply with quote
valoon wrote:
What a bullshit, just because he stabbed his father because he mistook him as police officer doesnt mean that drugs are at fault, no normal person would stab a police officer even under influence of drugs


But it's not just normal people who get ahold of drugs. It's usually criminals who mess around with them. So it could happen. But of course this is an exaggeration to prove a point, but still.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:01 pm Reply with quote
Cyclone1993 wrote:
valoon wrote:
What a bullshit, just because he stabbed his father because he mistook him as police officer doesnt mean that drugs are at fault, no normal person would stab a police officer even under influence of drugs


But it's not just normal people who get ahold of drugs. It's usually criminals who mess around with them. So it could happen. But of course this is an exaggeration to prove a point, but still.

Hard drugs, maybe.
But that does not go for soft drugs.
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Cyclone1993



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:07 pm Reply with quote
Rederoin wrote:
Cyclone1993 wrote:
valoon wrote:
What a bullshit, just because he stabbed his father because he mistook him as police officer doesnt mean that drugs are at fault, no normal person would stab a police officer even under influence of drugs


But it's not just normal people who get ahold of drugs. It's usually criminals who mess around with them. So it could happen. But of course this is an exaggeration to prove a point, but still.

Hard drugs, maybe.
But that does not go for soft drugs.


Yeah for sure. It's still a crime to use them obviously, but it doesn't cause the same issues hard drugs would cause.
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Chrno2



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:09 pm Reply with quote
I'd be curious to see the stats of drug use in Japan. I know it goes on over there but it's not something really talked about. But then I'm an American so why would i know what necessarily goes over there? But it would be interesting to research into.
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meruru



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:16 pm Reply with quote
Lol, how appropriate to use comics for a cartoonish exaggeration of drug use. And this is coming from someone who never even drinks.
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Banken



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:27 pm Reply with quote
Japan's ideas about drugs are so childish when you consider how rampant binge drinking is here.
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FilthyCasual



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:08 pm Reply with quote
Rederoin wrote:
Hard drugs, maybe.
But that does not go for soft drugs.

The comic did have marijuana act as the gateway to harder drugs, which the protagonist was probably on when he stabbed his own father.
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Lemonchest



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:14 pm Reply with quote
Does this mean that Miyuki was on drugs? Was the cat a euphemism? Did her parents throw out her stash? It makes so much more sense now!
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:25 pm Reply with quote
Banken wrote:
Japan's ideas about drugs are so childish when you consider how rampant binge drinking is here.

Not to mention chain-smoking. But yeah, someone needs to tell Japan that "Reefer Madness" belongs about 60 years in the past.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 8:03 pm Reply with quote
My thought on this: This is so outlandish and cartoonish that no one it's aimed at will take it seriously. The Spider-Man anti-smoking story did it better.

Cyclone1993 wrote:
But it's not just normal people who get ahold of drugs. It's usually criminals who mess around with them. So it could happen. But of course this is an exaggeration to prove a point, but still.


Depends on where you're at. I went to UC Santa Cruz, where marijuana is a big part of the culture and 4/20 is a major event, with bands coming out to play and weed-themed festivals. The prevalence of pot is due to its association with rebelliousness, and most marijuana smokers I knew there were completely harmless.

Also, I just want to point out that, as a depressant, marijuana would make people LESS inclined to attack cops. Its depressant qualities are why marijuana smokers have a stereotype of laziness and lack of initative.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:19 pm Reply with quote
If you're heated about a comic illustrating a stern outlook on drugs, no matter how soft they may be, you're living in a privileged society.
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shamisen the great



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:33 pm Reply with quote
Reminds me of when I was a kid and they would release "special" comics and cartoons in the US where superheroes would fight drugs (or whatever issue was big at the time). They were always cheesy and only have value as kitschy nostalgia pieces. Now if they start creating manga with popular characters advertising Hostess pies, I'm totally on board. (I wonder if anyone even remembers those ads. God I'm getting old)
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:34 pm Reply with quote
leafy sea dragon wrote:
My thought on this: This is so outlandish and cartoonish that no one it's aimed at will take it seriously. The Spider-Man anti-smoking story did it better.


Even the artwork looks like it's from the late 70's. (By manga standards.)
Although, TBH, I hear "Government produced anime/manga", and that's sort of the level on which I picture it. Sort of their equivalent of our Reagan-era "Cartoon All-Stars Against Drugs".
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