Imagine my complete suprise when I read today on the Mainichi Daily News that seven foreign teachers working at the NOVA English language Conversation School were busted on a suspicion of having pot and thus violating the Cannabis Control Law. Interestingly the article says ‘Suspicion’ not ‘possession’. Hmm…

Anyways the police are accusing the seven gaijin of also possessing five bags containing a total of about 1.5 grams of powdered cocaine, and 15 bags containing a total of about 8.2 grams of weed. So if they are charging them, then it’s not suspicion, it’s possession right? I’m starting to think the only reason this is news is because the men in question are gaijin… Hell that pisses me off!

I’m not into marijuanas at all and I never saw this as a really big deal even here in Japan. But cocaine is horribly horribly evil! I only hope that this doesn’t get spun in the media and begin a gaijin witch hunt. That would really suck as it is rather easy for some to paint all foreigners with the same brush. Here is another tidbit from the article:

Investigators said a 32-year-old American teacher who was arrested on the spot on the same day told police another NOVA teacher had made a request for the drugs. The 32-year-old said the drugs were purchased from a street dealer.

Six other suspects later surfaced, including a 35-year-old teacher from Canada who was working at the same classroom in Saitama Prefecture, police said.