Alcoholism: Drug Abuse Facts

Question: (my random fun fact of the day) did you know morphine was invented to rid people of alcoholism!?

(Posted by: Little Miss Fire Starter on 2010-01-21 17:22:59)

Morphine is 10 times more addictive than alcohol! Doctors would give it out to people they felt drank too much. Doctors thought eating it would create cravings so they made the syringe so people could inject it directly into their bloodstream. So, Then Heroine was invented to get rid of morphine addiction! lmao Isn't this sad??

Posted by: Erica on 2010-01-21, 17:27:28

Good fact. I was not aware of that. Then Methadone was invented to rid heroin addicts of their addiction...now I know plenty of people addicted to methadone! But, if used correctly, methadone can be really effective at weaning opiate/ heroin addicts off of their drugs. But it can also be abused, as well.

Posted by: Niecisław Grudziński on 2010-01-21, 17:27:24

Today benzodiazepines serve a similar purpose, they too are more addictive than alcohol, and their withdrawal is worse than that of heronine, morphine, and alcohol.

Posted by: Law Abiding Citizen on 2010-01-21, 17:35:21

You are an expert when it comes to random, useless facts nobody cares anything about. Congratulations.

Posted by: Emme. Esse. on 2010-01-21, 17:35:35

Lol I didn't know that! yep pretty sad. :)

Posted by: Raider3 on 2010-01-21, 17:52:29

Did you know, this is the wrong section and most of the "facts " that come out of your mouth are complete, trivial, nonsense?