philopon
Also known as hiropon or shabu. The brand-name methamphetamine sold by Dainippon Pharmaceuticals for civilian and military use. (At the time, the side effects of methamphetamine were not well studied.)
After World War II a large military stockpile of Philopon flooded the market. The Japanese government banned it in 1951.
This tag is usually used for east-asian methamphetamine in the war years and the immediate postwar years.
Philopon abusers in manga/anime
- Musubi (Hadashi no Gen)
- Innami Zen'ichi (Gambler Densetsu Tetsuya / Tetsuya-Jansei to Yobareta Otoko)