{"id":15024,"date":"2025-05-29T14:53:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T05:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/artistic-freedom-vs-marijuana-laws-21st-century-opinion-crackdown\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T22:41:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T13:41:45","slug":"artistic-freedom-vs-marijuana-laws-21st-century-opinion-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/en\/artistic-freedom-vs-marijuana-laws-21st-century-opinion-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Artistic Freedom vs. Marijuana Laws: 21st Century Opinion Crackdown?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15024\" class=\"elementor elementor-15024 elementor-15001\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9340557 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9340557\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-866a8b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"866a8b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The era when nations target \"rappers\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-666c14e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"666c14e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1dbe84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1dbe84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy are only rappers being arrested? Why do &#8220;marijuana&#8221; and &#8220;expression&#8221; have such an unstable relationship? In the 2020s in Japan, the majority of celebrities arrested for marijuana possession or use are hip-hop artists, an unusual phenomenon that continues. Name Tatsuma, Kan a.k.a. GAMI, D.O, Chinza DOPENESS, \u00a5ellow Bucks, and many unknown rappers. Almost without exception, they have careers as &#8220;artists,&#8221; have publicly admitted to &#8220;smoking,&#8221; and have been cracked down on by the police as a &#8220;warning.&#8221; Is this trend simply &#8220;law enforcement&#8221;? Or is it a modern form of &#8220;ideological oppression&#8221;?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f465171 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f465171\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92c37de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92c37de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An era in which words and smoke are considered dangerous<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2a267b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c2a267b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be893fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be893fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUnlike entertainers and actors, rappers are in a profession where they confront society with their own words. Their lyrics candidly depict the &#8220;underside&#8221; of society &#8211; politics, police, discrimination, violence, and death. Therefore, the marijuana that rappers smoke carries a &#8220;symbolism&#8221; that goes beyond that of a mere illegal drug. For example, Han a.k.a. GAMI says in his lyrics: &#8220;I&#8217;m smoking grass, I&#8217;m spitting out words.&#8221; This line was intended to assert that &#8220;smoke&#8221; is &#8220;sin&#8221; and &#8220;voice&#8221; is &#8220;freedom.&#8221; But the reality was the opposite. The more he held a microphone and had influence on radio and TV, the more &#8220;crackdowns&#8221; became a reality. Is this a coincidence? Or is it that only &#8220;smokers with words&#8221; are being targeted?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-754b8d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"754b8d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3278b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f3278b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/YellowBucks_jkt202008.avif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15009\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/YellowBucks_jkt202008.avif 750w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/YellowBucks_jkt202008-300x300.avif 300w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/YellowBucks_jkt202008-150x150.avif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aad6cc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2aad6cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88be58a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"88be58a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is the essence of the Cannabis Control Act \"thought suppression\"?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ccf68e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ccf68e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-016c0bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"016c0bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJapan&#8217;s Cannabis Control Act (enacted in 1948) was introduced under the initiative of GHQ, and historically has been used as a tool for &#8220;thought control&#8221; and &#8220;disconnection of culture.&#8221; In fact, there are multiple records of jazz musicians and avant-garde poets being arrested for cannabis use for &#8220;disrupting public morals&#8221; in the 1950s and 1960s. In other words, has the Cannabis Control Act not functioned to &#8220;control substances&#8221; but to &#8220;monitor values&#8221;? And if it is now being applied to hip-hop, a &#8220;youth culture that uses words as weapons,&#8221; shouldn&#8217;t it be seen as a 21st-century form of &#8220;oppression of thought&#8221;?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a03a75 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a03a75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec8b408 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec8b408\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Music\" or \"Crime\"? The boundary between journalism and society<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-882ec03 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"882ec03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-685ab93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"685ab93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow did the media report it? &#8220;Popular rapper arrested for marijuana&#8221; &#8220;He smoked marijuana but pretended to be a culture figure&#8221; Many news outlets portrayed them as &#8220;ex-offenders&#8221; rather than &#8220;opinion leaders&#8221;. But what impact does this kind of portrayal have on the artists&#8217; work? These measures, such as deleting recordings, suspending live performances, canceling events, and removing artists from subscription services (&#8220;self-censorship&#8221; by the platform), have accelerated the &#8220;unprecedented erasureism&#8221; of &#8220;arrest = denial of work&#8221;. As a result, Japanese hip-hop culture is being subjected to a &#8220;social blacklist&#8221; that goes beyond legal sanctions.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffddb2c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ffddb2c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41981bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"41981bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/41d2757ada2275a7defae21018a5401c.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15015\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/41d2757ada2275a7defae21018a5401c.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/41d2757ada2275a7defae21018a5401c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/41d2757ada2275a7defae21018a5401c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/41d2757ada2275a7defae21018a5401c-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/41d2757ada2275a7defae21018a5401c-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/41d2757ada2275a7defae21018a5401c-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/buddha-plants.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/41d2757ada2275a7defae21018a5401c-860x574.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58fc621 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58fc621\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05be42c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"05be42c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why are rappers viewed as the enemy?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60e0f10 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"60e0f10\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72d817e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72d817e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;Violent,&#8221; &#8220;delinquent culture,&#8221; and &#8220;marijuana advocate&#8221; rappers have often been treated as &#8220;foreign elements&#8221; in society. However, at the root of their expression is a belief in freedom of expression. Even when they are told not to smoke, not to sing, not to talk, to be quiet &#8212; they have &#8220;words&#8221; and speak out their &#8220;own sense of justice.&#8221; As a result, aren&#8217;t they being &#8220;targeted&#8221;? The moment that attributes such as those who have words, who have independent thoughts, and who never stop resisting are linked to marijuana, they become &#8220;scapegoats&#8221; for the police, the media, and public opinion. Isn&#8217;t this not a coincidence, but a structural selection?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f89903c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f89903c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4dd94c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d4dd94c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">This is not a matter of \"preference.\" It is a matter of \"punishment of values.\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8715fda e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8715fda\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-791036f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"791036f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe question we should be asking now is not &#8220;why did rappers smoke?&#8221; but &#8220;why are rappers the only ones being targeted?&#8221; Should we turn off the music? Should we punish the words? Should we silence the culture? Japanese society has yet to answer these questions. But one thing is certain: those with microphones are not going to be silenced easily.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The era when nations target &#8220;rappers&#8221; Why are only rappers being arrested? Why do &#8220;marijuana&#8221; and &#8220;expression&#8221; have such an unstable relationship? In the 2020s in Japan, the majority of celebrities arrested for marijuana possession or use are hip-hop artists, an unusual phenomenon that continues. Name Tatsuma, Kan a.k.a. 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