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'Parasite' actor Lee Sun-kyun found dead amid investigation over drug allegations (www.koreatimes.co.kr)

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[–] Rediphile@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But they had already discovered it. They both used opium and traded opium well before the British flooded them with it. "it was a normal item of use and trade for centuries before the 1840 war"