Should Weed be legalized in Japan? | Chaotic street interview in Tokyo

[@Noah-ns2tx]

kind of ironic seeing drunk people saying it should be illegal for our health

[@Torromann]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@denmaakujin9161]

I have asked a lot of Japanese people this question, but it feels like there is a lot fear mongering going on. "It's dangerous!" more dangerous than alcohol or smoking cigarettes? "You become crazy person" like people getting drunk?

[@Yllah]

fear of the unknown maybe

[@aad7451]

As a Japanese I can confirm this. I used to try convince ppl around me but they are so brainwashed that they won't even listen. They're stressed out so they should just take a toke

[@nat3299]

​@@aad7451Japan should decriminalize it like Portugal

[@ReeseChown]

Most fights I've been in and have seen were due to everybody being messed up on alcohol. I have witnessed DEATH due to alcohol. A music venue in my city would offer 25 cent pitchers of beer and it would end up being a violent bloodbath. (Harpo's, Detroit) I have seen over a thousand concerts and nightclubs throughout America. In NO CASE where people were smoking marijuana did violence occur. Absolutely NONE. They all stood in a circle and talked about music, art and life while laughing. My Japanese brothers and sisters have been lied to by a conservative government. Alcohol, tobacco and heroin will ruin you and steal your money.

[@sergbastian5]

There are many studies that prove Marijuana helps with muscle and bone injuries, but if you use it recreationally every day, it can be a difficult thing to use around people who aren't comfortable with it. But in general, it's much less addictive than alcohol and causes less problems socially than other drugs. I smoked weed every day for about 10 years and I stopped for financial reasons, but I'm trying to stop drinking alcohol now and that is much more difficult. Alcohol is much more addictive and destructive than weed. I think a better question is, should we legalize it for medical reasons? Smoking weed for fun is nice but the medical uses are very important.

[@Yllah]

i had no clue it was.less addictive than alcohol

[@roborbiettinoisgone392]

Alcohol is genuinely so bad. Weed can cause health problems mainly due to to the fact that smoking is the main route of administration, but outside of that, it's extremely safe. Alcohol on the other hand, is extremely harmful. Alcohol withdrawals are some of the few withdrawals that can actually cause you to die, iirc only Benzos and alcohol can actually cause seizures due to withdrawal.

[@ryo-kai8587]

@@Yllah As far as I can tell, weed isn't really chemically addictive like alcohol or tobacco, or other drugs-you just get accustomed to it and usually don't want to stop because it's a nice way to relax and zone in on stuff. I've taken huge breaks multiple times, and the biggest issue might just be having trouble falling asleep for the first few nights without it. Nothing even close to withdrawals from other substances.

[@GinJ1337]

that italy ww2 bashing is kind of a meme xD As a German I got a lot of ww2 talk in Japan lol, especially from older people.

[@Yllah]

omg why am I curious as of how these chats went

[@GinJ1337]

@@Yllah was always nice. some older folks got teary eyes when they were talking. they mostly said they think Japanese and Germans are a bit alike ( which I agree. on some things we are very alike, some things we are the opposite though. for example directs vs indirect communication.) and that we can understand each other well as we have a shared history somehow. both countries committed some serious atrocities before ww2 and got obliterated ( most families have war casualties) and both made a comeback out of the ashes to be powerhouses.

[@danielsanguinario]

As a spanish I would slide in those memes too👀

[@roxas896]

Ooo, really good topic👍🏾. I think people who have extremely high levels of stress, depression, and anxiety in their life may benefit from the use of cannabis to help reduce these issues. Example: You leave a long stressful day at work; go home & smoke a blunt, (wow…now you are feeling Snoop Dogg good), you eat and laugh at a totally stupid TV movie; then have a good night’s sleep. Thank you for sharing this interview 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@Yllah]

thank you so much for watching it.

[@CelideeBudoromyi]

Look at the violence in nations as USA It will give you a proper answer of whether it's good or not

[@aad7451]

I’m from Japan and I support legalization

[@chancevang978]

Just asking are you Japanese

[@Yllah]

can you tell us why?

[@aad7451]

@@Yllah yeah because I like it and it's less harmful than alcohol and cigarettes also it has some medical use so why not ?

[@aad7451]

@@Yllah let's smoke together

[@人暇-l6d]

私も！

[@nikkirockznikkirockz8551]

..Legs, afro, beauty for dayyys-slay boo!!!🤩

[@Yllah]

ahaha thank you

[@marsandhermarbless]

I was so worried about where he was taking you guys, but I'm glad he and his friends ended up being so chill. And that subscriberwho joined you is ikeman lol

[@Yllah]

ahaha he was so king and helped us "catch women" to interview 😂

[@SobrietyandSolace]

Man has been waiting his whole life to be able to freely talk about weed!

[@bdm9265]

Love the energy ❤

[@Yllah]

thank you

[@ururu_uruti]

日本人ですがTHCは非犯罪化を願っています 綺麗な富士山を眺めたり日本の綺麗に保たれた自然や 夜景、建造物、街並みを観たいです 日本はemotionalな景観が多いので とてもよく似合います🗻❤

[@ErraticForYOU]

recently discovered your channel. kate and you make a good pair keep up the fun content ;)

[@Yllah]

thanks alot for your support

[@HarrietHapra]

Girl Kate is such a vibe she shd be at all our filmings 🤣🤣🤣

[@Yllah]

and she wohkd love to! shes really a vibe. cant wait for yall to meet

[@ivisraudales805]

you have alot of fun energy and i like your approach. Subscribed! ;)

[@captainobvious9188]

May I get my ADHD medication legalized first?

[@cassiebelmont993]

Yes, please I'd like this for myself as well.

[@Yllah]

wait.. what is that and why is it illegal ?

[@cassiebelmont993]

@@Yllah Adderall a common ADHD treatment is banned in Japan.

[@Aeris_InJapan]

@@Yllah they want the legal meth pharma has been competing with the one from the street for a while now. it's also illegal in EU for the most part honestly. meth will makes everyone feel great for the time you keep being addicted on it. more chances to see cbd plants being legalized I think.

[@TheOneTruePatriot]

@@Aeris_InJapan Quit spreading misinformation about ADHD medication. It's not literally the same thing as smoking meth, at all. This lie is harmful. People with ADHD need that to regulate themselves

[@KimuraHaruki]

It's a nice topic but it kind of lacks something. I think they should have mentioned some positive/negative effects of cannabis to make them think deeper into it and probably even change their opinion.

[@ReeseChown]

The only negative effects of weed will be you laughing at things that aren't funny, eating everything in sight, and listening to music for hours. If you smoke 70 to 99% THC cartridges, you may get addicted. That's all.

[@Macrososss]

It should be legalized.There is no such a miracle like marijuana in this world.

[@gaijingabber1056]

mushrooms

[@tweekendz]

I'm all for legalization in any country. But I will say if Japan does legalize it they should do so quietly. With their image of it and their culture I would hate to see it's use looked down upon further when people start showing up for weed tourism purposes and many start to disrespect the whole country.

[@Yllah]

i beleive they look.ag countries where it's legal and they think "yeah that looks.chaotic so nope"

[@chloey84]

Loved your energy guys ! Cœur sur vous ❤ Yllah tu es incroyable et magnifique. Un grand bravo pour tous tes accomplissements, tu es une véritable inspiration❤

[@Yllah]

merci de tout coeur

[@igorduarte7156]

I was positively surprised by the response from most lol xD Also, you and Kate are so beautiful and カッコい !

[@reinatycoon3644]

I just found this channel by the algorithm. I absolutely believe that Japan should legalize Cannabis. No non related human should have the authority to tell another adult human what they can and cannot put into their body. That is only relegated to parents and underaged or live in children etc. The first 3-4 guys had it right. People need to quit being easily controlled into thinking a certain way.

[@seanlefevre1130]

I've been saying this for a long time. I live in the Bay Area and ya know, we do have a lot of Asian influence, which has definitely impacted the culture all throughout the West Coast, but I think especially San Francisco and Vancouver. In some ways we could learn from their example, because we are a little too loosey goosey western and crazy at times. On the flipside though, I think they could honestly benefit from cannabis, and some entheogens like mushrooms, because they have some beautiful philsophies, and they're so disciplined, but the mental fatigue and work stress and everything is too extreme. I would like to see Japan legalize cannabis, maybe do a little mushroom therapy or something, and heal a lot of that.

[@Cleosz]

In the japanese scenario I don't see many reasons to legalise it (I could be wrong), but I also don't see why to keep it illegal. It is a completely different reality in my country, Brazil, where the marijuana plays a important role in the black culture even though it is illegal. A portion of the men population in social vulnerability goes to prison just for carrying a few grams. Not to mention the racist war on drugs and police violence that kills people every day in here. That's why we fight for drugs decreminalization, this is fighting for black rights. Nice video! 💕

[@Yllah]

thank you!

[@jonirischx8925]

According to Funai Yukio legalizing and regulating it would net 30 trillion ¥ in revenue "in the long term" (open democracy didn't specify in their article how long, dunno why). That's a third of Japan's annual budget though, so not an insignificant amount of money. Their CBD market is already worth 800 million annually. That's a lot of jobs and wealth created practically from thin air. You just have to get the alcohol companies and their lobbies on board with this.

[@dailypositiveness]

07:40 くさ or 草, is the slang word for marijuanna in Japan. He did not said kuso, or curse anything here.

[@berryNtoast32]

Lol the alcohol companies won't want weed

[@denmaakujin9161]

Food and snack companies might 😂

[@Cleosz]

@@denmaakujin9161 lmaoo

[@Yllah]

facts 😂

[@Aeris_InJapan]

unless they can sell it ?

[@Aevilbeast]

LOL, Believe you me Alcohol companies couldn't care less whether it's legal or not would not effect alcohol sales in any meaningful way whatsoever. There are no cases of countries where it is currently legalized where it effect alcohol sales in anyway. If anything, big companies would welcome it because it would mean another means of making money for them. The same thing that happened in the US, it might start out with small independent businesses but very soon it would basically be dominated by big companies and it would turn into any other market

[@oyanokataki]

年齢制限を少し高めに設定してみんながそれを守ればいいと思います() 若い頃からやってるとそれ以外の楽しみが無くなる

[@JoanPagan]

@@oyanokataki set age at 18 or 21

[@yourstruly9472]

Some would say an alien from a perfect civilization would describe us as a fallen state of consciousness that can't see its own extent, weed is, and always was safer than alcohol 🤔🐈🕊️✌️

[@PPB_Army]

Saito-San smokin that Wacky Tobacky lol

[@najstephy5565]

I`ll tell you about my recent experience with this, Looked up weed is illegal in Japan then went to Japan a few weeks ago for the first time. While walking around saw a shop that had cbd something medical marijuna written on front, went inside and they guys were like yeah its legal cos its just cbd wax. I havnt smoked in a long time so I hit it and man it was good so relaxing without the overwhelming high feeling. Then we met up with some international friends for dinner and drinks that we hadn`t seen for 10 years. I mentioned to them about the cbd experience and they were like oh you smoke? we have actual weed if you want we smoke all the time. I was like wow thats cool I thought it was illegal here and hard to get, they said its THCA which apparently is legal but then as soon as you smoke it it turns to thc. Well anyway one puff and I was smashed. So there must be some technicality in Japan with it and from that experience Im assuming alot of people smoke its just not spoken about.

[@yoyitsukai]

The great vidéo

[@drewtrulock333]

Gosh i feel like Japanese people need it forreal . A lot of them are overworked and on edge i think it would be be great for japan to legalize it . Alcohol is way worse for you and i always feel SICK on alcohol i dont like it ...

[@cornation515]

I need to get out there, bro forsure burns

[@RudyTheInternetGod]

Smoke To Plant 🌱

[@naoura]

Japan already has a problem with alcohol, no need to add up weed on top of that.

[@SobrietyandSolace]

Weed is categorically safer than alcohol. Many people would not drink alcohol if weed was not prohibited. I do not drink.

[@naoura]

@@SobrietyandSolacealcohol is a poison, so is weed.

[@SobrietyandSolace]

@@naoura cannabis is so far from toxic it is virtually impossible to overdose on. Even caffeine is more dangerous and addictive, but many don’t think of it as the stimulant drug that it is I dare you to say that to the latent did children with rare forms of epilepsy that had their seizures halted with cannabis oil or the the other millions of socks and disabled people it has helped even when conventional drugs don’t. It is also safer than pharmaceutical drugs like diamorphine , which is quite literally the same as heroin, just cleaner!

[@juniyananajukyu]

Hell yeah Japan needs to legalize it but the stigma it brings already puts it at a disadvantage. The salary man saying it's bad for your health is funny AF😂😂😂! Yeah keep chugging the poison homie. I will say I've come across edibles in Japan and being able to soak in an omen high AF was super relaxing.

[@boondockKoon]

This is dope , no pun intended, but I’d love to be around you and hit the city for tour. Do you offer that service? I want to be around people black people while being able to invest in the culture. If you’d like to connect another way to have this discussion let me know.

[@ignaciorodriguez7415]

Im stoned in Chile right now, greetings😅

[@nahidaslam6580]

I don’t support legalization in Japan

[@waheedqamar4378]

Bob marle i miss you

[@creativeb549]

lolol why are all these guys trying to put you all to bed

[@roxas896]

I know, right

[@chloey84]

Men…😢

[@Yllah]

really?😅 oh gosh

[@ii4826]

✔same-sex marriage should be legalized in Japan ✔weed should be legalized in Japan what's next?

[@Yllah]

😂

[@tradeandtravellife]

legalize all

[@1969billy1970]

20 Minutes??

[@1969billy1970]

18 minutes SAKE??

[@ARKSAAXX-ys9gz]

Thailand legalized weed but restricted it again just one year later. In fact, the number of drug addicts in Thailand increased more than fourfold after legalizing weed. Legalizing weed in Japan would likely do more harm than good. Japan doesn't need to copy everything from the West.

[@jacobsmith640]

Aint nothing wrong with smoking weed. Weed is from the earth god put this here for me & you. Smokey from the movie Friday.

[@roxas896]

😂😂 Amen

[@Yllah]

ahahah

[@samuelhonguyen]

@@jacobsmith640 Opium(heroin) is from the earth, perhaps we should do that too.

[@steffensteve6031]

@jacobsmith640 don't bring god for this this world already hated God first our journey is not here beyond this world

[@martincastro4460]

try interviewing the crew at Ōji in Kita-ku

[@Yllah]

noted thank you

[@Yanke92]

Most japan people only think about Robot and some other stuff Not others stufff they dont even now or will be so mad when they get high jkjk😅😂

[@oceanbeach150]

J man too scared cant get high need to get drunk then onsen hai

[@人暇-l6d]

この話題について取り上げてくれてありがとう！ 私は英語がわからないけれど嬉しいです☺️ 私はトラウマ症状があって医療的にも大麻をできるなら取り入れたいと思っています、実際に現在CBDなどを摂取していて助けになっています。 日本には精神疾患で悩む人が多いですし高齢の方が多いので認知症だったり難病やてんかん患者の為にも合法化してほしいです。 それにとてもストレスが多い社会です😅 娯楽目的でも大麻でリラックスできればいいのにと思います。 ストレスの発散がアルコールやタバコよりもその方が自分にも周囲の人にも優しいと思います。 日本ではCBDを扱う商品が出て来ました、認知度はまだ低いですし高額ですが広まって価格も買いやすくなってくれないかと望んでます。😂

[@yougetaspear7799]

Her boxxx better be good

[@keeganjewett4761]

smoking weed does not damage your liver and destroy your life like alcohol Soo yeah. or maybe thats just me?

[@Mr.Bungle-x3x]

yeah i think alcohol must be restricted in Japan. you see Japanese dead drunk in the streets all the time. looks a bit like skid row. I think Japan needs weed to chill out and not get stressed and alcohol kills you eventually. Also it would be a good source for the government taxation because Japan is one of the most broke countries in the world. Debt to GDP is horrible. WTF is the government of Japan doing.

[@alvaro1480]

I think they should not do it , I like weed but I recognize for example Las Vegas did it , and it didnt get better , it looks kind of dirtier now and the smell of weed is everywhere , is not nice

[@lolita960]

How long did you take to be fluent in japanese ??

[@Yllah]

flueng ? 😂. been.here for 6 years and cant speak for sh#t

[@lolita960]

@@YllahHi, first of all thanks for your response. I get what you’re saying but I would really appreciate a more accurate answer as someone that is thinking to move there soon and cannot seem to find a creator in Japan that can give a serious or realistic answer. Maybe the term “conversational” would be more fitting? How long did it take you to break that first language barrier wall and become conversational in Japanese? Many thanks!

[@Aeris_InJapan]

@@lolita960 it takes around 1500 hours straight. and 3000 for legit.

[@lolita960]

@@Aeris_InJapanwhy can’t anyone give a realistic answer ? You don’t measure language learning by hours but by years or months. Ugh fuck when I move there I’ll dedicate myself to inform people cause y’all can’t literally useless.

[@XShot117]

I think they should legalize it , and probably set laws like cant smoke on streets public or a fine I also think they shouldn't add those chemicals to the buds and stuff , people already spray it to keep bugs off the plants