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South Korea Says It Will Arrest Any Of Its Citizens Who Smoke Weed In Canada

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The Guardian- For South Koreans in Canada, the police in their home country have no problem harshing their mellow. Canada became the second country in the world to legalise recreational marijuana last week, but for South Koreans hoping to try the drug, their hopes have just gone up in smoke. Police in South Korea have repeatedly told their citizens not to partake in this newfound freedom, with the latest warning coming this week. “Weed smokers will be punished according to the Korean law, even if they did so in countries where smoking marijuana is legal. There won’t be an exception,” said Yoon Se-jin, head of the narcotics crime investigation division at Gyeonggi Nambu provincial police agency, according to the Korea Times. South Korean law is based on the concept that laws made in Seoul still apply to citizens anywhere in the world, and violations, even while abroad, can technically lead to punishment when they return home. Those who smoke weed could face up to five years in prison.

What a bunch of fucking nerds in South Korea man. Grow up, South Korea. You’re supposed to be the cool Korea but you’re not acting like it. Five years in PRISON! Five! Not one, not two, not three, not four, five! For smoking weed in a country where weed is totally legal. Get the fuck outta here, South Korea. Get all the way the fuck outta here. Imagine hanging out with your fellow prison mates talking about why you’re on the inside and saying, “I got high in Toronto once” when it’s your turn to speak. Living in South Korea has to suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Not only do the people who live there live a stone’s throw away from a vicious and volatile dictator but you can’t even smoke weed across the world without facing serious prison time when you come back.

How does South Korea even enforce this outrageous law? Are they grabbing urine samples and hair samples from everybody who gets off a plane from Canada? That seems excessive and unlikely but it also seems like something crazy ass South Korea would do. “Folks, before you de-plane we’re gonna need you to piss in one of these cups and give us a strain of your hair to make sure you didn’t indulge in the Devil’s lettuce while you spent time in America’s hat.” You know what I’d do if I lived in South Korea and I visited Canada? I’d just stay in Canada forever. Think about it. Miss that one flight and you get universal healthcare and you get to smoke all the weed you want without the threat of serious prison time. Seems pretttttttttty pretttttttttty prettttttttttty good if you ask me.