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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 51 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The alternative isn't to embrace it... We all understand the negative consequences from substance abuse. Their comment was about the method being used to deal with it, some methods are better than others

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Police questioned him for 19 fucking hours over his personal recreational drug use. It sounds like this whole ordeal is a career death sentence in Korea, too. As far as I'm concerned atm — Korean culture, the state, and the police, killed this man through bullying and harassment. His drug use is irrelevant.

[–] FiniteLooper@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Horrible. I would think a steep fine for something like that would be enough of a deterrent for most people, and it most certainly would have changed the outcome here.