Do You Know Any Famous Opium Addicts?

Published November 19, 2012

Question by meeko6811: Do you know any famous opium addicts?
So far have…

Thomas De Quincey
Edgar Allen Poe
Coleridge
Jean Cocteau

Can you think of any others? Thanks!

Best answer:

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Sherlock Holmes was an opium addict…but he’s fictional.

Answer by .
I’m famous and addicted to codeine and morphine.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

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