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Smee · Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Location: Jeollanam-do

Christ, quit debating the merits of smoking pot. I'm sure there are other forums to discuss this than on a messageboard for teachers in a country where marijuana is demonized.

It's illegal here, don't do it, don't be an ass.

ESL Milk "Everyday · Joined: 12 Sep 2007

^^^That's ridiculous (not the part about not doing drugs in Korea... the other part). Heaps of people use pot without having the desire to do anything else. You're obviously speaking from a position of total ignorance.

It's kind of hard to put myself in the position of defending any kind of drug-- but marijuana is heaps less addictive and less harmful than tobacco+the additives in tobacco.

jkelly80 · Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Location: you boys like mexico?

Smoking weed in Korea is a hell of a gamble, but that's only because drug laws are written by [mod edit].

moosehead · Joined: 05 May 2007

amazing the new posters who come out of the woodwork when pot is being discussed or drug busts or legalization of drugs....

makes one wonder... Laughing

travelingfool · Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Location: Parents' basement

It's their country and their damn laws......abide by them! Simple as that.

I get really pissed when foreigners come to my country and wantonly break the laws, like the Koreans who just can't help themselves and eat dog here in the states, even though they know how offensive it is to us culturally but don't give a damn and do it anyways.

Did you notice the first thing they mentioned were that a few of them were Engrish teachers? These turkeys are just giving the media and foreigner hating public more ammo.

lestat_duvoise · Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Location: Pellington

I think there is a good thing to come out of this post and a bad thing~

The good thing is the debate about it. There was a time when I would be up in arms over its use in American society. However, my mood has changed (for obvious reasons Wink

) and I believe that it should be legalized in the US. In the state of CT, they just announced that anyone carrying under an ounce was only subjected to a fine based on how much they were caught carrying.
I believe that if marajuana was legalized, the US deficit would be gone and the government would have all the money it needed to subsidize healthcare and provide for other basic programs that are now being cut because of the recession.

The bad side is, yes, pot is illegal in Korea. These news stories don't do anything to help create a poisitive image of foreigners in Korea. The more people get caught doing something that is not socially acceptable in Korea, the more these kinds of stories will appear and the worse it will get for foreigners in the country. The thing is that people go to raves and when they see Koreans doing something they automatically think it is ok for foreigners to do it as well- but what they fail to realize is that Koreans aren't subjected to discriminately adminstered drug tests like foreigners are. A police officer can pick a foreigner off the street, take them to a police precinct and administer a drug test. If it turns up hot, then they could be arrested, fined and then deported. Not to mention that a story would run in the local news about a foreigner getting caught doing drugs- which will not help improve our image, thus creating more problems for the foreign community in Korea.

China takes Drug use leniently???!
Is that a serious statement?

China is the last place a person wants to be caught with drugs on them. At least in Korea, a person is sentenced to prison, in China, a person could be executed for drug use and possession.

discman · Joined: 16 Apr 2008

I personally know a couple people that have been busted, jailed, and deported.

LURKER · Joined: 26 Mar 2009

These people are idiots, there really isn't much more to say on the subject.

Cheonmunka · Joined: 04 Jun 2004

BritishinSuwon · Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:38 pm Post subject:

Morons. These @$$holes are nothing but morons. It's one thing to say that someone disagrees with a country's attitude towards drugs and drug usage, but it's something completely different to go to a country and partake in something that is known to be so frowned upon.
I sincerely hope that the Canadian teachers who were busted for this are given the maximum sentence allowable. It's crap like this that allows the anti-foreigner sentiment to fester. Sure, it would exist otherwise, but this gives those who hate foreigners more ammo to use against us being here.

Cheonmunka · Joined: 04 Jun 2004

TheUrbanMyth · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Retired

And before anybody else makes any comments about weed...that's not what they were busted for...according to the article.

They were arrested for selling ecstasy (MDMA).

And to add my 2 cents.

Now if you want to use drugs that's your business.

But if you are a drug pusher, then you deserve everything you get. Weed doesn't kill you, but there have been deaths due to ecstasy.

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

I have no problems with people who smoke drugs in Asia...

Just remember you only have yourself to blame once you are caught..

kasain · Joined: 25 Oct 2008

laconic2 · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Wonderful World of ESL

Using or dealing illegal drugs in Korea is beyond stupid. At the same time, it does seem to say something about the harmful effects of illegal drug use on the brain, judgment and common sense.