Kyoto hospital doctor arrested in Tokushima with 0.15 g of cannabis
Tokushima police arrested a 39-year-old Kyoto University Hospital physician near JR Tokushima station in the early hours of 17 July 2011 after finding about 0.15 grams of dried cannabis in his pocket and car dashboard. He admitted possessing it for his own use; the hospital apologised three days later.
Tokushima prefectural police arrested a 39-year-old physician of Kyoto
University Hospital’s internal medicine department on suspicion of possessing
cannabis at about 3:30 am on 17 July 2011.[1]Officers who stopped him after
he entered a night-restricted road in front of JR Tokushima station found about
0.15 grams of dried cannabis in his trouser pocket and in the dashboard of the
car he was driving.[1]He admitted the cannabis was for his own use, and
police said they would investigate how he had obtained it.[1]
Hospital director Michiaki Mishima apologised on 20 July 2011, saying the
arrest of a hospital physician should never have happened, that the hospital
would establish the facts quickly and deal with the matter strictly, and that
it would reinforce guidance to all staff.[2]
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