Marijuana tops paint thinner as most abused substance in Japan

An estimated 1.3 million Japanese people aged 15 to 64 have used marijuana, surpassing for the first time the number of those who have abused inhalants such as paint thinner, a survey by a national institute showed Sunday.The National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry in Tokyo's Kodaira has conducted the substance abuse survey biennially since 1995, and the latest one was sent out to 5,000 people in that age bracket between September and October 2017, with 2,899 of them responding.The national center calculated the estimated figure of 1,331,765 habitual and non-habitual marijuana users, an…READ FULL ARTICLE