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[endo]

[little mixed girl]

don't do drugs. drugs are bad.
and don't smoke. smoking's nasty.

fin.

[inseoul]

im pretty sure i smelt it last thursday night and also on friday.....im fairly sure it was wifting over from the two south american guys standing next to me around the back of some pub. generous dudes those s/americans.

of course, i was very careful not to inhale.

[demi]

[Smee]

I've smelled something similar to weed in many places in Korea. I also smelled it near a compost heap at my old job in a zoo's horticulture department. In that case it had to do with certain types of plants decomposing, and I'm sure there's a similar cause here.

It also might be a type of potpouri or candle. I walked into a small furniture boutique in Bundang a couple of years ago, and the faux-weed smell hit me right away, and I saw it was coming from a candle in the middle of the store.

The social stigma attached to drugs is pretty high here, obviously, so you're not going to find people smoking out in the open (or smoking weed much at all).

[SPINOZA]

Yes, I'm gonna throw in on the "I've smelt weed" in Korea. I know enough about drugs to put a Phd to shame and trust me, it smelt of dope.

I always smelled it in very blue collar areas.

[djsmnc]

Who gives a flying f**k?? If you aren't smoking it, then it's not to much to brag about!

"Hey Billy I was a walkin by Mr. Smith's house the other night, n I heard Mrs. Smith makin a sound like a homeless cat!"

"No way, do you think they were....y'know....???"

"Could be Billy, could be..."

"B...b...but Mrs. Smith is a SUNDAY SCHOOL teacher!"


That's what it sounds like. Frickin fools. Of course people are blazing. It's a worldwide phenomenon. Just like everything else. Except ketchup on pizza. Korea pretty much has that one cornered.

[endo]

[billybrobby]

I've never smelled herb on the street in Korea, and I just can't believe Scotticus when he claims he smells it all the time. I think that might be your own jacket that you're smelling, dude. If so many Koreans were smoking herb, you'd be able to buy a large bag of potato chips here.

[Treefarmer]

i've smelt weed twice in the 2 years i've been in korea, once was some korean kid getting high in the toilets of a net cafe, the other was some foriegners

i've noticed that weed smell, but i think it's some plant or something

btw does anyone know of a way to get stoned in korea without weed? i reckon with all the chinese medicine about there must be something in those shops that gets you wasted

[SPINOZA]

[merkurix]

Since smoking that stuff here is uber-illegal, I find it real interesting how instead of "smoking" stories, everyone is sharing "smelling" stories instead.

[Thunndarr]

I'll chime in here with the "Could swear I just smelled weed" camp. I'm not saying it was weed, or it wasn't, but it smelled exactly like weed to me. And although I was never much of a toker myself, I grew up exposed to the smell from a few uncles who didn't give rat's ass where they lit up, so the memory of that smell was ingrained into me at a very early age.

In any case, if what I smelled wasn't weed, it was indistinguishable from it. And I'm curious what it really is, in that case.

[aldershot]

i agree with spin on this one. koreans smoke. for sure the farmers smoke the stuff. maybe it's not exactly an urban phenomenon, but the country-side must support the habit.

and i know the farmers smoke opium. i snapped this in gyeongsangnam-do:



and for a parody of koreans smoking dope, check out this movie:

[Scotticus]