Lick Tatuma’s song “LifeStash,” which claims “It’s only marijuana, don’t mess with it,” became a big hit in late 2018-19 and has been viewed 14,420,000 times as of 2024. Lick Dharma is a hip-hop group that is all about cannabis, as evidenced by their respective names from their glue name, which consists of BADSAIKUSH /DELTA9KID/G-PLANTS. They said, “We wanted to do this because in Japan, marijuana and people are unfairly suppressed by wrong information and laws, and we thought it would be legal in Japan if people’s misconceptions caused by such information and laws were eliminated.” (Nikkan Saizo 2021/01/30). In the 40 years between the Mainichi Shimbun’s 1977 “It’s just marijuana…” and 2018’s “It’s just marijuana…”, the marijuana situation in Japan has not changed much, but rather has become more severe. I want to be an old man in a super dirty T-shirt and shorts with a straw hat growing the finest weed.” I want to be on the cover of HIGH TIMES and become a weed icon! G-PLANTS’ dream of becoming a weed icon on the cover of “HIGH TIMES” will come true in the future.