The Japanese who used to be crazy about doping
Stimulants are a general term for psychostimulant chemicals that stimulate the central nervous system and produce a range of physiological and psychological effects, such as refreshing, enhancing mood, and improving concentration. Stimulants are mostly addictive and can pose serious health risks. Therefore, both athletes and ordinary people should refuse to use drugs or substances containing doping to protect their physical and mental health.
The history of doping can be seen as the rudimentary form of doping when athletes would take herbs and drink alcohol in pursuit of better results.
Doping in the true sense of the word emerged in the 19th century, when substances such as strychnine, cocaine, caffeine and alcohol were openly used to improve the endurance of athletes, especially in events such as horse racing, cycling and marathons, because there were no modern drug tests and doping laws, and they were used in large numbers in order to achieve good results.
In the 20th century, with the advancement of medical science, more and more drugs were used to improve sports performance, from traditional plant extracts to a variety of synthetic drugs. Especially during the Second World War, Japan was especially crazy.
In World War II, in order to improve the combat effectiveness and endurance of soldiers, the Japanese army used a large number of stimulant drugs called "awakening agents", that is, methamphetamines. This drug was affectionately called "cat eye ingot" or "air attack ingot" by Japanese soldiers at that time, and was even given the title of "friend of the march".
Japanese soldiers, after taking the drug in the spirit of bushido**, were able to fight continuously in a state of tirelessness, and even showed a state of madness. It is said that after taking this drug, Japanese soldiers can fight as if they were in a superhuman state, and they can march without sleep for three days and three nights, and then go into battle again.
According to historical records, in the battle of Okinawa between Japan and the United States, the Japanese army did whatever it took to win the war, ignoring the laws of war and moral standards, and gave the "kamikaze" daredevils to the daredevils.
After the war, Japanese society was rebuilt and entered a stage of rapid development, workers were faced with huge work pressure and long working requirements, doping can indeed improve the work efficiency and endurance of workers to a certain extent, and can make workers work longer continuously, so in order to relieve fatigue and improve work efficiency, doping began to become popular in society.
By 1954, more than 2 million people had used amphetamine-type stimulants in Japan, 1 million were regular users, and 200,000 were hospitalized. According to a questionnaire survey in 1954, 8,865 of the 120,000 respondents had experience with doping, accounting for about 7% of the total, of which more than 60% were young people between the ages of 20 and 29.
In the face of a growing problem, Japan** has enacted the Awakening Agent Suppression Law, which aims to prohibit the manufacture, sale and use of stimulants. However, due to the high level of social dependence on stimulants at that time, the actual abuse was not immediately curbed, and by 1959, when the first peak of drug abuse had largely subsided, violent incidents caused by drug trafficking were frequent.
Two violent cases in 1954 shocked the whole of Japan: one was the "Mirror Incident" on April 19; A young man named Shukichi Sakamaki entered a school in Tokyo after taking a stimulant and raped and killed a 7-year-old girl. In another case, in Osaka City, a drug addict who had taken stimulants pushed six men, women, and children fishing, playing, and walking along the canal into the river, and three adults were rescued, while three children drowned.
After the promulgation of the "Awakening Drug Prohibition Law" in Japan, doping soared, and gangsters took advantage of the situation to establish a huge underground marketing network. From the late 50s to the early 60s of the last century, in order to escape the crackdown, Japanese gangsters colluded with Korean gangsters to produce drugs in South Korea and sell them back to Japan, so that drug technology flowed into South Korea, and then spread to many places, and finally spread to the world.