Suguru Arakaki & Sheena Arakaki, OCU
Recently, the number of marijuana-related crimes and arrests in Okinawa has increased. Where does the marijuana come from, who sells and distributes it? We don’t know, but we want to find out where it is manufactured.
We decided to talk to a person in Okinawa detention center, a 21-year-old man who everyone calls A. To tell the truth, he is one of our best friends. We became acquainted with him through junior high school through club activities, and started hanging out with him privately. From that time, we couldn’t even imagine what he was. He was an honest boy. Many friends were relying on him. The fact remains the same. He is still an honest man. We all liked hip hop at the time, and our image of marijuana was so far away from us and just only things on the screen.
It was his second year of vocational school, and marijuana suddenly appeared in his daily life. The beginning of experience with it was a simple invitation from a friend. The first time was shocking, and he couldn't stop laughing and everything seemed ridiculous. After that, when he had enough money, he started to smoke on weekends and drink in clubs, and the light of the world shined more beautifully than usual for him.
After a while he began to buy and sell marijuana to his friends, and the number of customers increased, and the volume of transactions increased as well. He used SNS to contact customers, and delivered his goods to customers who'd bought them.
Things changed suddenly when he started making money and thinking it was going well. One night, he was waiting for a regular customer as usual, and a police car accidentally passed five meters ahead during the transaction. But he thought he didn’t need to worry about it if he acted normally. As if it is usual.
But that night was different. The police car, which should have always passed, stopped in front of him. He ran and threw his marijuana, but he was caught by the police. It's been a while since he was arrested, but he can't sleep because he worries about the results of a trial.
According to his lawyer, if he’s lucky, he will be able to get out this year, but if he’s not, he may have to go jail for several years. We went to the jail to meet him about three months after his arrest, and he was unchanged. It was him as usual. He said he felt sorry for his family and regretted what he had done. What a tragedy for such a young person.
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