Herion Addiction: Methadone & Heroin Facts

Question: Did they used morphine to treat herion addiction in the vietnam war?

(Posted by: shannen m on 2009-03-04 16:15:15)

Posted by: shaneris5 on 2009-03-04, 17:05:35

I strongly doubt it, because heroin (diacetyl morphine) was developed, and used originally as a treatment for morphine addiction. Then it was found to be even more addictive!

Posted by: Danny on 2009-03-04, 18:54:45

You have it the other way around. do to pain many people were given morphine however it became a addiction so they gave them Heroin they thought that it would be a way to wing them off. but they did not know that once heroin hits the blood it becomes morphine. it's so interesting i know you did not ask this but i think you might like to know that you use to bb able to buy heroin and a heroin kit out of shopping books or form the drug Store it was thought to be the cure to all.