A record 5,482 people were involved in cannabis cases in Japan last year, up 448 from the previous year and rising for the eighth consecutive year, with abuse of the drug seen mostly among young people, police said Thursday.Offenders aged in their 20s or below accounted for 70 percent of the total, with 2,823 individuals in their 20s and 994 aged under 20, according to the National Police Agency data.Among the cannabis offenders in their teens, 186 were high school students and eight were junior high school students, with the youngest individuals aged 14.In a survey of 829 drug offenders of…READ FULL ARTICLE
