Japan’s THC Loophole: What the Government Isn’t Telling You

[@yourmatetom]

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[@sparklesparklesparkle6318]

no offense mate great video but after watching you I feel like I need to tell you you may have a drugs problem and should seek professional treatment.

[@EinMann123]

do japanese people and specifically lawenforcement actually know what it smells like? usually people that didnt ate propaganda since they were born, love the smell with few exeptions. if you ask all democratizied countries which have usually a high black number of users, dislike the smell. i guess its a natural behaviour to be socially accepted or not but i find it so interesting that i ask myself what other taste/feel/actions that get heavily or light propagandad are perceived different and we dont even know/understand

[@b_l_a_c_k-l_i_t_e]

I wouldnt trust people tacks anything could be dropped in the water.

[@b_l_a_c_k-l_i_t_e]

Bruh, that art place, is vrchat in real life.

[@nathanallen1703]

Its an innovative but conservative country.

[@hmmmmm6034]

People have smoked weed all over the world for thousands of years. Saying that the Japanese didn't is dishonest.

[@deejaygo294]

of course they did ! Cannabis plant integral to the national religion. WHo banned it? yeah that's right..

[@itsicearmour]

I mean, a Chinese emperor first started using it because he liked the smell, discovering the effects of smoking the plant after. It's not THAT wild to think the Japanese would've made that same discovery. He's probably saying it because there's just not been any archaelogical evidence to support that cannabis use was part of life back then, but again, it would be idiotic to just completely assume the Japanese didn't also like getting fucked up the same way as every other civilisation out there.

[@loserchan2360]

Very true

[@GUTTERRATSofficial]

He didn't say people didn't use it he said statistically about 1% of the population does

[@bloodlove93]

he's talking currently, you're talking historical, both of you were equally right in different ways.

[@bajdooo]

smoked this shit in tokyo and bought some weird ass shit in 7/11 it was chill

[@Mikesusendsadasdc]

I mean you can get this stuff anywhere in the US and I do mean anywhere. Even in an illegal state here in Texas we got THC-A wave and its just normal weed. :)

[@bajdooo]

@@Mikesusendsadasdc who cares it's not japan

[@Mikesusendsadasdc]

I mean, If the US makes it legal the rest of the world will to. They only banned it for the US's drug war.

[@Eiann]

​@@Mikesusendsadasdcapparently the farm bills getting rewritten when it expires in September 2024

[@Mikesusendsadasdc]

@@Eiann If they ban THC-A fed then people would go to prison left and right. People in legal states will no longer have the right to grow in there state till THC-A is legal. And if they do it for ANY of the THC/Delta's. You are breaking law growing it even in a legal state. Thats how I don't understand how these legal states are banning THC-A and D8 ect. It's all in the plant. the plant itself is 30+% THC-A till you harvest and cure it. And even then....It takes a while to decarb and turn into what we smoke. They get around it by harvesting early to keep the D9 below .3% but the second heat is added to it.... It turns to D9 in your body :)

[@chiefinkeef]

japan is so forward thinking in some ways but incredibly backwards in others. its kind of impressive how despite being at the forefront in a lot of sectors, they are still so old fashioned and stuck in their ways purely because of fear

[@XueYlva]

think it's less fear and more their heavy handed demand for conformity (which is arguably a form of fear). I think Japan isn't that forward thinking, they were just really good at tech 40 years ago and their animation and games hold a strong influence across the planet. Fucking clean and aesthetic place though I'll tell ya LOL.

[@LostMotives-sj9hk]

@@XueYlva Clean? Maybe in some parts but once you go outside of Tokyo you start to see how bad it gets. Japan has a big problem with dumping and they have no where to dump things such as appliances.

[@deutschlanddeutschland7111]

Don't judge it, respect it, different culture, different ways... Weed does get you stuck too...

[@chiefinkeef]

@@deutschlanddeutschland7111 theres a lot that deserves respect and a lot of things that deserve criticism. nowhere is perfect and japan deserves the same amount of critique that other countries get

[@RichiSpilleso]

It´s fear, pride and over all a highly idealistic country. (Idealistic in the sense, that it is trying to acomplish grateness, by ruling the group that plays the rules and outcasts all that are a thread. Or so does it simply feel to me. The irony, often the fear causes decisions that have the opposite effect of what they were trying to achieve. One quick look in the glorus Edo-Period tells you a lot of there policies and how they like to rule there goverment. Rules are made just to let find people to get there way around it, as long as they have an advantage doing so.

[@123-l2n2j]

The Japanese will actually go crazy if weed was legalized.. Guess they don't want anyone to wake up ay...

[@getgle]

Yeah that was my thought too. Afraid that the citizens would wake up to the fact that living your entire life around the rat race will never make you happy.

[@TakenClipz]

what do you mean wake up, if u smoke weed you are gonna be lazy

[@getgle]

@@TakenClipz Indica yes, sativa no.

[@TakenClipz]

@@getgle thats a myth bro, both are weed with the same effects

[@getgle]

@@TakenClipz You are smoking mids

[@shiys6336]

Thank you for the interesting video. I'm Japanese. Japan's regulations on legal synthetic cannabinoids are getting stricter every year, and CBD will be regulated around October this year. In Thailand, where marijuana is legal, it will be illegal again. Maybe it doesn't suit the Asian constitution. In my opinion, in the stressful Japanese society, if marijuana is legalized and the government collects taxes, things will move in a positive direction.

[@Hoffmann-j5y]

あと２０年団塊世代が権力を手放すまでの我慢

[@RichiSpilleso]

@@Hoffmann-j5y たぶん最も研究が必要だけど今の理科でアルコールの方が危ないと思います。

[@earthwombat]

"In Thailand, where marijuana is legal, it will be illegal again" - it's not finalized yet and just yesterday there are news that it will still be legal. Don't talk about shit you dont know lmao

[@Cyberfauna]

@@earthwombat There's no need to be so vile, you can correct someone and not be a piece of shit.

[@veronican.9798]

@@earthwombat Great news, but you don't have to be so rude to them. It's unnecessary.

[@LarsCaesar]

Same loop holes in Sweden, we go through old ones becoming illegal and new ones becoming the standard every now and then

[@_loss_]

Seems like there's a new one every other month

[@boratsagdiyev5679]

It's the same all over the world. The only places where it's less of a thing is where THC is completely legal but even there there's people smoking this boof

[@godish_tv8623]

This happened in the uk it was sold in every corner shop and we kept banning the chemical in spice but the chemicals kept being made stronger and stronger turning people into zombies but in i think 2015 we introduced the psychoactive substances act which bans any chemical which is mind altering stopping the sale of spice everywhere. Now they do heroin instead lol.

[@mornajapoisid]

@@boratsagdiyev5679 its almost like to solve this problem is to make the real thing legal to avoid unwanted side effects and actually protect the masses from synthetic stuff like this. but what do i know im not a all knowing politician that is scared of this crazy insanity inducing drug named cannabis.

[@doxzly]

It was quite prominent in the uk and germany for a while, called spice but that shit made you insanely addicted and was literally rotting away your brain, they changed the formula a couple times to make it "legal" again but it thankfully never picked up in popularity again, espacially since compared to countrys like japan you get barely more than a warning when smoking or having small amounts of weed on you and since this year its legal anyways.

[@Whenyouseeit42069]

I’ve never been to Japan but from some of the videos I’ve seen a lot of the people that are passed out sleeping drunk on the public road could’ve just smoked a joint and went to bed at home

[@yamigurl822]

It’s like nobody learned from the Alcohol ban … if people can’t use the original source they’re going to make and use stuff that’s even more dangerous

[@Litepaw]

Ironically alcohol use is super accepted and even expected from others. People go to karaoke bars after work and black out on the streets just to repeat the cycle.

[@PKWeaver74]

Harm reduction advice: I'm gonna smoke this, and then later I'll research what it actually is. 😂

[@yourmatetom]

I saw THC and ignored the other letters 😂

[@Noone-l6g]

😂

[@gizmo4486]

@@yourmatetom Did that with thc-p, never agian

[@lim3ee387]

@@gizmo4486 What happened, wass it too strong or sumthn?

[@royalty694]

@@lim3ee387they all affect u different as none of these alt noids are naturally produced as even if they can be found in a regular cannabis plant it’s way too small of quantity to be efficient so it’s typically synthesized from hemp or cbd

[@xXCerwasXx]

I'm so glad weed is now (semi) legal in germany. For the first time in my life I can be sure what strain I'm smoking.

[@xer0058]

Must be nice all the strains i get are "eeexootic"😢

[@whoisntwhoisit2126]

Not all legal weed can be trusted. Keep that in mind. There is way to much money in the industry and WAY To many synthetic cannabinoids. Weed was MUCH better in California 10-20 years ago when it was medical and not legal. Small batch grows completed with love instead of corporations growing it and doing whatever they can to make their shit 35%+ THC, makes absolutely no sense to be 35% without spraying it with something. Highest I have seen written on bottle was 43%, I think that is well beyond the mark to call bullshit on it being natural.

[@chucktfu]

Maybe just come to Thailand, bro, I'm manager of dispensary shop on Silom, Bangkok. You are more than welcome to our shop.

[@johnsondoee]

Thanks for talking about a topic that's SO uncommon, especially coming from Japan! So good to see what weed looks like in Japan even if it's synthetic

[@SendoRap-b4l]

Your editing is on another level-absolutely stylish and incredibly impressive. Keep up the amazing work!

[@Marcos-jr6ky]

The AI images give such a bad look

[@ZorroFox2001]

Yeah it's a shame, it's such a good video otherwise.

[@Zanthar32]

its so jarring

[@heretikpapy]

What a snowflake... It's everywhere since a while. Get over it.

[@evanadamsmanga]

Glad im not the only one. Looks like shit

[@darianm.4521]

you realize using ai is no different than using stock images right? MFS will see a ton of work put into a video and see an AI image then throw a tantrum. Nobody gaf bro

[@gamblingg0urmet]

Cool video Tom, loved the music and cinematography

[@yourmatetom]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@WiesoNurMistnamen]

We had this in Germany. HHC, THCP and so on everywhere, even in vending machines

[@flightlesschicken7769]

You also have legal cannabis proper there

[@PandorasKarton]

Ist wieder da aber unter neuem Namen. Sie haben das HHC irgendwie modifiziert.

[@uranus2970]

​@@flightlesschicken7769not really. It is somewhat decriminalised, but there currently is no legal way to get weed so the black market is still your only option if you don't want to wait until your plants are ready.

[@BasilVII]

​@@flightlesschicken7769Sure, but the new legalization law is a mess. It's first not really suited for the occasional user and if u don't wanna cook with weed yourself then your only option is inhaling/smoking, cause selling edibles is still illegal. Sure it's a step in the right direction, but that's all that's to it.

[@flightlesschicken7769]

@@BasilVII better than pretty much all of the rest of Eurasia haha

[@ikentafox]

came for the high. stayed for cyber punk lights

[@killabee420kl7]

After what I've seen from California weed scandal I think it's safe to assume all cannabis unless grown naturally is not safe to consume unfortunately

[@joestrummer4106]

California weed scandal? Please I must know more, I smoke alot and I'm usually travelling all over the state.

[@Idkbru78]

@@joestrummer4106it happened over here in cali a few weeks ago, an article came out showing the actual test results from some of the products in legal dispensaries, i can't really oversimplify what the results were, but about like HALF of the entire selection of brands were putting pesticides and other dangerous things to inhale in their products. its kinda disingenuous to blame it all on the legality of it, cause it really was caused by a ton of other factors: the testing labs having a financial incentive to pass all these products rather than report all the pesticides in it, the competition being so massive in cali that brands have to cut corners, the laws on pesticides in thc being VERY outdated, etc

[@TK-ur2el]

Companies and testing facilities got caught colluding to cover up dirty test results. They then took the fake test results and sold contaminated products in stores. A lot of popular vape carts brands had dangerous levels of pesticides. If you bought anything from a legal dispensary in CA there is a good chance you were consuming tainted or contaminated products.

[@thepurpleplayer9168]

​@joestrummer4106 one of the biggest brands of vape pods(stizzy) recently had a ton of backlash and products pulled because they contained high levels of chemicals that should not be in anything your smoking

[@killabee420kl7]

@@thepurpleplayer9168 my paranoid assumption is that if brands are doing it then so are black market, no one's testing what's on the street

[@15751Chris]

I had some dude smoke me out from one of the shops in Harajuku just behind Takeshita. I got so paranoid walking through Shibuya crossing on a Sunday afternoon at 3 pm. There were so many people I was getting claustrophobic. I had just talked to some Japanese people and then my nervousness from not being able to speak Japanese fluently hit me so hard I had to run outta there, to check into a capsule hotel in Shinjuku that then felt like a prison. My brother is a doctor but I knew better than to follow his recommendation of not booking all my hotels and having a more spontaneous style of travel. Caused me to get stuck at the worse places to avoid spending hundreds of dollars a night on hotels, all the hostels were booked too. I am a daily smoker back in my country, so why I got so paranoid is beyond me but boy was I trippin.

[@dahjeekwenglee5909]

sure it wasnt synthetic?

[@Skrata]

the different Thc derivatives can hit different some claim 10x 20x but i think its a bunch yapping

[@floof_ch]

Some thc derivatives hit harder. Overall with my personal experience, they're fine, but they're not to be treated lightly just because they naturally occur. People get very similar responses smoking pure thc-a crystals/THC-P/HHC in my country. Its best to treat them like thc vape carts, ideally, you'd have one with some cbd in it to lower the potential side effects.

[@anonymousmc7727]

Light weight 😂

[@anon6706]

​@@SkrataYeah what they usually mean is that it binds to receptors 20 or 30x easier but it's not 30x stronger by any means. I have a vape of HHCP and it's pretty dam strong, a single puff or two will have you high for a good few hours and a couple more you'll feel it the next day for sure. If you go hard on it you'll still be feeling it 2/3 days later although that's not very enjoyable it's more like being on a benzo than stoned and you can't really do all that much expect lounge around. It's extremely similar to THC and legal in my country everybody is smoking this or similar noids.

[@SchurmannStories]

Oh man HHC has an absolute nightmare of a dosage curve.

[@GaboonBEATS]

some of those cannabinoids can be super good for certain cancers. thca can attack very aggressive pancreatic cancer cells.

[@jclive2860]

There is literally no reliable source that supports what you say. THCA is also the same thing as THC/D9.

[@Zachc895]

So I looked into this a little bit and THC doesn't attack cancer cells however there are studies showing it inhibiting cancer cell growth so it can slow down the cancer and its spread

[@ChasingVapor]

thcA is just normal cannabis before the decarboxylation process which turns it into delta 9thc...

[@GaboonBEATS]

@@ChasingVapor you can still take cannabis without burning it. i mean cbd cbn cbg just to name a few healthy ones.

[@letigreflamand]

Really enjoyed this one, Tom. Thanks for the video!

[@Tonzoffun0420]

There is no way to truly simulate a psychedelic experience. The visuals are fun most of the time, but they are truly about your headspace.

[@pokerynia]

It's always amazing to me how it affects non-medical users. I have better cognition, less brain fog, MORE motivation to work, more physical ability to do things because of the lack of pain, etc on it. It even helps me physically because the smoke has a bronchodilator effect on the lungs.

[@MnemonicHeadTrip]

Thank you thank you for covering this!! As someone who’s in the altcannabinoid space out of necessity due to state laws, I have encountered a surprising amount of Japanese people in various altnoid discussions online so I’ve always been very curious about it considering Japan’s harsh drug laws

[@CrisisFilter]

Synthetic weed is a huge problem in American jails but it’s used recreationally in Japan we live in a society

[@McFwoupson]

HHC is completely different than synthetic cannibanoids. Many of these noids like D8 and THCP are naturally occurring and are simply synthesized by using CBD so they're semi natural. Their pharmalogical action is extremely similar to regular THC and they haven't shown any extra dangers compared to regular THC. A lot of this stuff is literally just weed too like THCa is just normal weed lol. Synthetic cannibanoids are super dangerous and incredibly potent, especially the indazole carboxamide noids like ADB-PINACA

[@Peeps1368]

Youll never catch me smoking a synthetics or spice period

[@crypt4r]

That’s not what’s the video about

[@HenritheHorse]

@@crypt4r It was.

[@crypt4r]

@@HenritheHorse spice and THCB is a whole diff thing m8

[@HenritheHorse]

@@crypt4r Yes, even worse, but these are synthetic too.

[@00maniacmanny00]

​@HenritheHorse They're synthetically made but THCB, THCH ect. are real cannibinoids that naturally occur so they likely aren't bad.

[@websurfer5772]

Love your editing tricks ~ Thanks for your review of the analog.

[@Rare.99]

it's always a relief when it's a human voice, not ai

[@iiShootaspy]

So basically thca/regular ass weed? And the same loopholes us in the US go threw with derived cannabis products😭

[@nayobai4296]

Basically., accept thca is all natural and is the precursor to regular weed. Thca is produced in natural high amounts. Unlike thch/thcb where only trace amounts are found in the plant. Because of this they got to make it in a lab.

[@yoitsJ03]

Awesome video!❤ glad you're doing good Tom

[@Haruchemy]

😮Oh Goodness! You're doing an amazing production here, and it makes me so happy! You are a top notch KZbinr! I like that you are educational, informative, simple, humble and sensory cautious and nurturing. I just rolled one watching this video, and I tripped really nice. Thanks!

[@yourmatetom]

Thank you so much 😃

[@fishintheocean-i4g]

"THCH may cause paranoia, anxiety, and cognitive impairment." Uh....you mean the temporary effects of being stoned just like regular THC?

[@Applefr444]

uh yea? It’s a disclaimer 😂

[@TuRmIx96]

My problem with these that they gave me insane tolerance. Normal weed did nothing for me for weeks after hhc for example.

[@dustincochran8314]

It was probably HHC-P if it messed up your tolerance that badly. Potency wise, hhc is only about 75-80% as potent as regular thc. However, HHC-P, HHC-O are both stronger and could've easily created a massive tolerance.

[@patstar67]

First video I’ve seen a while Tom loving it

[@Jeffery-x1m]

Yo. Watch out for SSBRON it's a legal cough medicine in Japan that has dihydrocodiene. I lost my okinawan wife and my navy career because of it. I actually went to prison in Japan. Not for codeine but for weed. Spent 2 years in Yokosuka branch prison for a measly 10 grams of weed. Be careful over there....

[@RichiSpilleso]

10 grams and 2 years sounds lucky for japanese measures. My apologizes for these losses and tradegies that you have wittnessed..

[@00maniacmanny00]

​@@RichiSpillesoare you japanese?

[@Shrouded_reaper]

Sounds like you fd around and found out in a country with insanely strict drug laws...

[@CreatureVision]

bruh had an okinawan babe and gave it all up for weed

[@420KushBig]

@@CreatureVision 0 reading comprehension, look at the fullstops

[@thisisallthereis]

Cool video man

[@love-if7wt]

I LOVED YOUR SONG!!! ❤️

[@loserchan2360]

Very good video, very informative thanks for this video mate

[@tommoon2700]

Artwork and editing in this one are spot on my friend 👍👍 the music the visuals dooood really enjoyed this one!

[@halfbakedgaming69]

The "artwork" is all AI generated and deserve absolutely zero credit.

[@yourmatetom]

Thank you kindly

[@tommoon2700]

@@yourmatetom na brother thank you for real sending love from north Carolina

[@getgle]

@@yourmatetom The AI Artwork is cool, don't listen to the haters.

[@DanyLoL.jngl_diff]

It make sense for japan like for other countrys to legalize cannabis and sell it in special drugstores, it is an much better concept than synthetic cannbis

[@Strolledharp]

Hey! I can offer some information on altanoids! Some like thcv, cbdv, and cbg are actually natural and in small percentages in the plant. Those ones are fine, but the problem comes when deriving them. Some places do it correct and breed a bud that has the correct percentages. But most of the time they don’t, and they either strip the bud of the parts they need or combine chemicals. The only altanoid that I’ve had that worked was HHC. No side affects, zero paranoia, drug test comes back negative. But most aren’t that. Got my medical license and definitely appreciate my buddy THC now.

[@rundbaum]

congrats, 'views' are goin' back up! golden light on you/this channel . . .

[@Eiann]

Im all for the analogs but ill be honest from my experiences from making blends and prior chronic user i found the strong analogs dug my tolerance in the ground big time

[@firstlylastly9155]

Watch “Enter the Void” before doing any illegal substance in Japan.

[@yamigurl822]

Crazy to still see people put cocaine put in the same category as weed

[@Ghjertfjsbxjri]

"Ruining someones life to prevent them from ruining their life with drugs is like burning down a house to prevent a fire hazard" yup that sums it up quite well.

[@Rydex]

0:18 That music puts me back to 2009 when i first played Resident Evil 4 😪

[@DedicatedSpirit8]

Damn Tom! You beat me to Japan! I'm a kendoka and iaidoka and plan to move to Japan within the next five years! I plan on contacting immigration soon and seeing all that it entails. Much love from America!

[@Nobody-du8sw]

Glad you started the video off how you did. No point in watching this any further if they’ve made it illegal now because it’s no longer a loophole, it’s illegal and loses all of its “wow” factor. Still gonna leave a like though for the transparency that every other KZbinr seems to lack.

[@ThePandaAgenda]

also: bro got the full “Enter the Void” experience

[@infonoids]

i'm big on altnoids. I've seen twitter posts in japanese from vendors selling products in Japan about a year ago, but stopped caring because im not in japan nor am i Japanese. Technically because its synthetic, japan doesn't bother with it. Thc-H and Thc-B can be purchased here in the US, however when used, its used mostly for blends in small amounts, as they're pretty potent, even 20-25 mg eaten or vaped is considered a relatively strong dose. The ones you listed @3:02 are cannabinoids used for base blends, and typically aren't as strong as standard delta 9 thc. BRO 35mg thch and 10mg thcb is a lot, especially for a newbie. Thc b is fast onset and thc-h provides an all over the place feel. they hit a bit different from regular thc as analogues....

[@infonoids]

i've made blends and its supposed to be a small additive to distillate blends. never vaped it pure.

[@tazallordofpog5559]

@@infonoids does it feel like weed

[@infonoids]

Yes but very stimulating and intense, just based off of the dosages. In smaller doses with a base cannabinoid, it's much more pleasant and tolerable.​@@tazallordofpog5559

[@Zachc895]

@@tazallordofpog5559 If its a variant of THC yes

[@adrianaslund8605]

That's fine. Hope it remains legal so it won't become a black market thing and get people in trouble with the law. It's better to just encourage responsible use.

[@Man1anlol]

Very informative. haven't checked your channel in years and loving these documentary videos

[@luked2767]

In East Asian traditional medicine hemp is considered to pungent for use. It's use is mostly as rope and oils

[@iGame3D]

What the hell does 'too pungent for use' even mean? "Oh it eases paint, but it stank, so just suffer"

[@luked2767]

@@iGame3D In TCM and Korean / Japanese traditional medicine it's just seen as useless and always has been. It's about life force and balancing out hot/cold and dry/damp, in Korean traditional medicine it's used and ironically weed and opium is completely legal in North Korea lol. During COVID if you had money that's what people would get and they use the whole plant so bubble hash or whatever, and whatever can't be used to make rope would be eaten. With opium the dried pods has seeds that taste good and be used in cooking. But the dried pods even if scored you can make opium tea or pod puddy. Also the stalk but the roots are poisonous. But never try "betal nut " it's god awfull.

[@yamigurl822]

I actually loved the use of AI images in this video and no… I’m not a bot 😂

[@howikorx]

Japan has a lot of stress and needs an economic boost. Maybe growing cannibas and other substances should be considered. I live near Atlanta and it is debated here because of the farmers who need change to survive.

[@cajampa]

What are you talking about dude. As far as I know they are not synthetic, they are found in some rare strains in tiny amounts. Yes, it is mass produced by synthesis from for example CBD . But this is not spice like the old synthetic noids. This is real natural occurring substances.

[@imanicarter7279]

I can’t lie man you’re off on the use of it in their culture. It was clearly used medically just not smoked in conjunction with treatment. They had had smokeless medicines of various natures.

[@miikeee_e240]

Out of all the analogs. ThcP was my favorite. Nice body high.

[@XRayy42o]

WHY DIDNT YOU TELL ME ABOUT THIS WHEN I WAS IN JAPAN I NEEDED IT SO MUCH

[@hellogellojello]

I was just in Tokyo! Are you telling me I could have smoked some weed while I was there???

[@NarlyLyfe]

nah because its thc h which dont get me high

[@vert_f31]

​You are definitely smoking some boof products. Pure thch is really expensive and it's rare to find a company that is honest about their doses. I stg people are so stupid when it comes to any cannabinoid other than traditional THC ​@@NarlyLyfe

[@McFwoupson]

​@@NarlyLyfethc-h will absolutely get ppl high

[@sp00g37]

So far, the only cannabinoid I have found to be similiar is HHC. THC-A converts, so its high is generally the same a normal THC.

[@Tyfly843]

I don’t mind the ai images, atleast he don’t gotta worry about using others artwork without permission, plus he’s using it in an educational context

[@whatnow4323]

That ending song had such a Tenacious D vibe and I love it

[@FawtySix]

Why was it called psychedelic trip? thc-h and thc-b is just a cannabinoid that was extracted from the thc molecule. If anything the best way to explain it would be like drinking a flat soda or diet weed. Another question would be have you even smoked regular bud before?

[@striker101nicary]

Correct

[@McFwoupson]

Cannabis can be very very hallucinogenic. Have definitely tripped from THC way too many times, OEVs and everything. Although the experience is nothing like a psychedelic and is honestly fucking horrible and panic inducing.

[@drxzt]

Isn't this the same loophole from certain states? Where they call it THC "X" and it's just weed but since there's no combustion yet technically it can't get you high, it becomes illegal once you light it/burn it cause thats when the THC actually occurs.

[@MnemonicHeadTrip]

It’s called THCA, as THCA is the “true” form of THC contained within the cannabis plant before it’s ignited and decarboxylated. The reason why it’s being considered legal is that our lawmakers are so stupid that they didn’t think to specify THCA as illegal, only delta 9 THC. So if you gave cannabis that has close to no delta 9 THC and only THCA, it’s *technically* legal based on the law books. I have no idea if it’s ever held up in court

[@berran3459]

Amazing video! This topic really needed a good production since we go through the same laws in a lot of parts of europe.

[@kennymmmKay]

Those hanging lights are amazing. That place looks like paradise.

[@lauriebarton9836]

Japan is the friendliest most amazing paradise vacation land. I met someone when I was young from there through sn exchange snd got to see him there when I was 14. If you have some money. Pick.a place and go there.

[@J_climbs]

hey man great video but you should put a photosensitivity warning at the end

[@findtheothers]

Great video! Tokyo looks really interesting, its funny how psychedelic they seem to get without actually allowing that. I remember hearing mushrooms were legal up until the 2000s because of another loophole. Also I heard the DBZ song you threw in there!

[@marlonmarquez4798]

yeah the trip simulator looked cool. but what if you were actually tripping balls?

[@Mayas.Palace]

Smoked that shit in Okinawa and was uncomfortably high. Was like a 12 hour experience haha

[@raykha4560]

Manager saw this & was like ooooooo professional…. 😂

[@Crowyen]

18:00 the visuals go crazy

[@adcaptandumvulgus4252]

What a lightweight, thanks for sharing.

[@badeugenecops4741]

Good story and VERY informative.

[@sleepy.senpaii]

i thought it wouldve been like those other videos that is just full of infurmation but i really liked this. first time watching and gonna join ya mate tommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@dst0914]

I know there used to be a lot of shops in Japan selling synthetic cannabinoids (and other stuff) as incence, and when an active substance was banned, it was just replaced in the product with a new still legal one, which could be seen on the product label as the thing being for example "3rd generation". But there was a law change and a crackdown around 2015, after which the shops shut down in masses, so I was in the belief that the loop holes had already been closed shut and the whole phenomenon had disappeared. Interesting to hear that my belief has been false, new holes have been found, and this whole thing hasn't disapeared after all.

[@eli3082]

Great video!

[@yamigurl822]

I remember when here in America there was a “legal weed” called K-2 going around that was SO MUCH MORE DANGEROUS than weed. I can’t imagine this “legal weed” in Japan is safer than REAL weed!!!

[@McFwoupson]

The alt-noids are very low risk. Their pharmalogical action and chemical structure are super similar to regular THC if not sometimes just identical and lots of these already exist in the cannabis plant. Alt-noids are not comparable to synthetic cannibanoids whatsoever.

[@brandauInternational1985]

they had spice when i was there, horrid stuff

[@malkavianloner8808]

Awesome coverage on this. I often wondered what the deal was over there for alternatives...

[@hiroyopoetker]

wow interesting!!!! great video

[@The10.000ThingsOfficial]

We need this format ❤, good story !

[@StenRaw]

The reverse walking in the crowd shheiit that was a NATTY F-ECT 🤯

[@godlygamertips3483]

I went to team labs too it was amazing but the jet lag was really killing me where you affected at all?

[@gabrealramirez8392]

As someone who works in the industry, that’s a baby step they are taking, if people were to fight for it (laws wise) It would be come legal to have, hope it happens one day, and awesome video learn something new.

[@Blazer_1265]

I took some sort of weed gummy substitute in Japan around 10 months ago and it put me in a coma in my dorm room for over two days. Thank god, I took it right before the weekend and didn't miss school. Apparently, some other people I knew had taken the same thing and it did way worse to them in terms of side effects. What I took was legal at the time btw; I think it was one of the substitutes mentioned in this video because I remember my friend telling me a couple weeks or month later, "Oh yeah, by the way, what you took is now illegal."

[@cosput]

Some of these new synthetics are dangerous even if the same structures occur naturally in minute amounts. Not only because they're not regulated so there could be anything in them like heavy metals, but the side effects can be extreme and largely unknown.

[@McFwoupson]

Which ones are dangerous? Stuff like chemicals/metals has been a problem with weed in general but I haven't heard anything about any of these alt-noids being dangerous in their pure form

[@mayonnaise9993]

22:49 This image scares me. It's obviously AI, and personally I don't care that it is, but are AI images really getting this good? There are obvious giveaways for sure, but what impresses me is the Kanji lettering on the billboards. They're not all correct, sure, but only a year ago most AI image software couldn't do text at all. And now it can do an impressive rendition of Kanji? Holy shit, we're like 1-2 years away from it being completely accurate.

[@iGame3D]

Yes, you are WAY behind the curve on this. Over 170 millions songs have been produced with AI and AI video puts that little ink doodle you are so scared of to shame.

[@mayonnaise9993]

@@iGame3D Yes but most of those AI songs are completely shit and can be easily told apart from human made songs. Music isn't so complicated that rhythm and beats can't be generated by code. What's far more impressive is being able to draw text in different languages that actually make sense, especially without being prompted for that specific text.

[@Mentalsauceage]

Cool to see you smoking it on the sidewalk and that guy casually walkin by

[@llortaton2834]

why can't they create a license and then ban the production of any chemical that's not licensed for consumption?

[@igloo2862]

I hated the THC alternatives there, but the acid alternatives 🤌

[@iGame3D]

Do tell.

[@yungfiend6830]

They have thc-h in the U.S. as well. Although it's not very popular, it's still sold at alot of smoke shops here. From personal experience it's not very good. Most of the time it's very dry, and the high just makes you tired mostly. You can smoke alot of thc-h though and never green out, I notice smoking it once you hit your peak that's it. You don't get any higher really instead you just start to feel very tired. I hated it personally bc I could never get high from it. But I know for ppl with no built up tolerance for thc, thc-h might be more enjoyable.

[@chimneychap5142]

I have always wanted to visit Japan but I just hate going places without weed, and trying to bring it internationally is not something I would try. After becoming aware of loopholes in the US I always found it interesting hearing about what they have in other countries. Where I am you can get actual weed along with all of the thc analogs thru the mail, I can just get the regular THC so I don't use the other versions aside from trying the new variants once. I am willing to try a lot of things.

[@mind-of-neo]

I remember learning about all this stuff and the general extreme tightness of Japanese regulations and I had to make a choice between my love of Japan and my love of cannabis and freedom more broadly, I chose cannabis.

[@Mimijona]

Absolutely great video! Makes me want to go to Japan even more, such a trip with no synthetic additions needed.