narcomany in Japan

Grib

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• 27 May 2006

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I'm interesting in such subject: what is the situation with narcomany in single prefectures and in Japan at all ? I know it's a serious problem in every modern country (in Russia too, occasionally too much).

 

Grandpa Frank

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• 27 May 2006

• #2

Hummm???

Boy am I dumb! I had to look up "narcomany" ; never heard that word in my 56 years on earth, LOL. Thank you for teaching me something new!

Uncle Frank

 

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playaa

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• 27 May 2006

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Funny, I have never heard of it either.. But from what I gather it's drug abuse? Well, I did not really see much of drug abuse while I was in Japan, so that tells me you have to look pretty hard to find it compared to the U.S. or Mexico.

 

Glenn

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From dictionary.com

1 entry found for narcomancy.
Main Entry: narcomancy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: divination using sleep, esp. eliciting information from a sleeping person

I've never heard of it, though.

 

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blibityblab

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27 May 2006

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That has got to be one of the wierdest things I've ever heard of. It can't work.

 

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breez

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I think the word we are looking for is narcomania.

From dictionary.com

Main Entry: narcomania
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: a passion or craving for narcotic drugs
Etymology: narco(tic) + mania

 

Glenn

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• 27 May 2006

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Haha, probably so. I can't see how narcomancy would be a serious problem anywhere! I also can't say that I've ever come across "narcomania" in my life. So, I've learned something new (or relearned something old)!

To answer the question, though, playaa is right as far as I've heard. There are drugs and people with drug problems there, but it's nothing like here in the US, at least.

 

Grib

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17 May 2006

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To breez: Yes, narcomania)) Thanks.
However, I wanted to hear opinion of the one who lived in Japan long time...

To Frank D. White: It's never late to learn ))

 

Mars Man

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All has been said correctly about the situation with drugs here in Japan. If a person really wants to get them, they can, it seems, but I would say that it's nowhere near as big a scene as in the US.

And the 'narco' does come from Greek (if my memory serves me right) referring to a sleep-like state, or trance-like state. [I could be wrong here though--I'll check my lexicons again later.