• Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      From the full article

      ‘In South Korea, those convicted of trafficking marijuana face from five years to life in prison. Drug possession carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison or a fine of about 50m won ($37,200; £30,300).’

      So even possession is punishable. They aren’t going to care that it’s a small amout, and with the cash they also confiscated they will assume there was more that had already been sold. That is where the trafficking comes in I would guess.

      • lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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        I don’t know about Korea but in the US, trafficking doesn’t necessarily mean trafficking. It means having more on hand than some bureaucrat decided a normal person would keep for their own personal use.

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          This is correct, if you have over 28 grams of weed (at least in my state) and plan to use it all for personal use, it doesn’t matter. Per the law, it is- prema facia evidence for trafficking.

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      They are accused of smuggling synthetic marijuana - known by the street names K2 and Spice - into the country through the US military’s postal service.

      That might be a part of it

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      2.7 oz is a stupid amount of K2 (synthetic cannabis).

      It’s already a ton of natural cannabis. If you cup your hands together, that is about one ounce of weed which will keep you fucked up for a while. Now imagine 2.7 times that, and since it’s synthetic cannabis it’s way stronger.

      Edit: To be clear I don’t think weed should be illegal, and South Korea has draconic drug laws. I use it myself, which is how I know that 2.7 oz is a lot of weed.