
Speed trap
Tools to tackle Japan's drug problem are lacking
The Japan Times: Nov. 8, 2005
...Japanese awareness about drug abuse is on the rise, as is public concern over the growing number of young people using "kakuseizai," or more specifically methamphetamines, or "shabu."
....amphetamines and methamphetamines suit the Japanese mindset perfectly.
Japanese "like to work and study," he says, and on shabu you "don't have to eat or sleep."
In 1919, Japanese chemist A. Ogata developed methamphetamine, and it was widely used as a way to keep soldiers up and at 'em during WWII....more...