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Cover Story
ByKimJun-hong
StaffReporterofSocialSection
“I
had to work hard in real life, but I was busy fighting against auditory hallucinations. People
around me were being threatened, and someone said he would come and kill me. I knew they were
hallucinations, but my mind was imprisoned by them, making my life more and more difficult.”
Ban (38), a resident of Gyeonggi DARC, a drug addiction rehabilitation center, first tried drugs at the age of
20 at the recommendation of a senior at school. He suffered from severe auditory hallucinations as a result of
takingPhilopon*inlargedosesforalongtime.Tiredofbattlingagainstsuchhallucinations,hedecidedtoquit
drugs and succeeded in staying away from them for some time. However, in September 2022, after just one
year,hestartedtakingthemagain.Nomatterhowseverethehallucinationshadbeen,hehadneversurrendered
voluntarilytothepoliceinthepast.Buthecouldnotstandtheauditoryhallucinationsanymore,whichsoonled
himtoturnhimselfintothepolice.
Recently, drug-related incidents have been constantly reported across South Korea (hereafter Korea). Korea,
oncecalleda“drug-freecountry,”startedtofacedrugsasasocialproblemthatcannolongerbeignored.Even
ifonedoesnothaveanythoughtsregardingdrugs,oreveniftherearenoeasilyvisibledrugoffenders,noone
canbesafefromdrugsnowadays.Thereisapossibilityofexposuretodrugsanytimeandanywhere,regardless
ofone’sintention.Thisiswhyyoungreaders,whotendtovisitplacessuchasbarsorclubs,wheretheycanbe
exposed to drugs, need to be aware of such danger. The Argus aims to help readers remain vigilant about the
emergingdrugproblemsbyraisingawarenessofdrugsthatmightthreateneveryone’sdailylife.
*Philopon:Akindofdrugthatcancausetoxicsymptomssuchashallucinationsinthecaseofmisuse.
31
MAY 2023
ByKimJun-hong
StaffReporterofSocialSection
“I
had to work hard in real life, but I was busy fighting against auditory hallucinations. People
around me were being threatened, and someone said he would come and kill me. I knew they were
hallucinations, but my mind was imprisoned by them, making my life more and more difficult.”
Ban (38), a resident of Gyeonggi DARC, a drug addiction rehabilitation center, first tried drugs at the age of
20 at the recommendation of a senior at school. He suffered from severe auditory hallucinations as a result of
takingPhilopon*inlargedosesforalongtime.Tiredofbattlingagainstsuchhallucinations,hedecidedtoquit
drugs and succeeded in staying away from them for some time. However, in September 2022, after just one
year,hestartedtakingthemagain.Nomatterhowseverethehallucinationshadbeen,hehadneversurrendered
voluntarilytothepoliceinthepast.Buthecouldnotstandtheauditoryhallucinationsanymore,whichsoonled
himtoturnhimselfintothepolice.
Recently, drug-related incidents have been constantly reported across South Korea (hereafter Korea). Korea,
oncecalleda“drug-freecountry,”startedtofacedrugsasasocialproblemthatcannolongerbeignored.Even
ifonedoesnothaveanythoughtsregardingdrugs,oreveniftherearenoeasilyvisibledrugoffenders,noone
canbesafefromdrugsnowadays.Thereisapossibilityofexposuretodrugsanytimeandanywhere,regardless
ofone’sintention.Thisiswhyyoungreaders,whotendtovisitplacessuchasbarsorclubs,wheretheycanbe
exposed to drugs, need to be aware of such danger. The Argus aims to help readers remain vigilant about the
emergingdrugproblemsbyraisingawarenessofdrugsthatmightthreateneveryone’sdailylife.
*Philopon:Akindofdrugthatcancausetoxicsymptomssuchashallucinationsinthecaseofmisuse.
31
MAY 2023
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