Do you think it's weird how marijuana is legal in a place like North Korea, and has been for a long time, although the weed may be low-quality, but it's totally illegal in Japan, South Korea, China, etc? Doesn't it seem kinda embarrassing how a dictatoship actually made a good decision? It doesn't matter if you like weed or not, it's just a human rights issue for doing what you want to do that's not affecting others, unless you're driving stoned or going to work stoned.
In Japan, a simple joint can land you five years imprisonment. In South Korea, about the same. In Taiwan, a maximum of three years. In Hong Kong, max three years. In Singapore, I think a maximum of seven or ten years. And this is just for a little bit of weed. For ounces or pounds, it can result in execution in some of these countries.
In fact, smoking weed is rare in Japan or South Korea, and most people if shown a picture of weed in a bag wouldn't know what it is.
But in North Korea, it's apparently 100% legal to sell, possess, and use marijuana.
http://www.vice.com/read/north-korea-is-stoned-all-the-time-which-explains-a-lot
