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Template:Nihongo. She is a Japanese actress turned activist for the legalization of cannabis in Japan.

BiographyEdit

Saya Takagi started smoking cannabis when she was 17.<ref name="network more">Pioneer Japanese cannabis activist Saya Takagi on running for office, getting arrested & more, Cannabislifenetwork.com, 31 January 2018</ref> In 1994, she became famous with her the role of Kashiwagi Reiko in the Japanese drama film Okane ga Nai.

In 2012, after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Saya Takagi decided to abandon the world of entertainment to become more involved in environmental activism, and adopted a self-sufficient lifestyle.<ref name="network more"/><ref name="metropolis fight">Masa Tanizawa, Saya Takagi's fight for cannabis legalisation, Metropolisjapan.com, 17 June 2016</ref>

In 2016, Saya Takagi, then manager for the Cannabis Inspection Committee, ran for an Upper House seat with the New Renaissance Party, with medical cannabis as one of her platforms.<ref name="network more"/><ref name="metropolis fight"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In October 2016, she was arrested at her guesthouse in Okinawa for possession of 55 grammes (2 oz) of cannabis, and in April 2017 was sentenced to a one-year suspended prison sentence, after having spent six months in jail.<ref name="network more"/><ref>Ex-actress Takagi gets suspended one-year sentence for marijuana possession, Japantimes.co.jp, 27 April 2017</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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