Overcoming Opiate Addiction

While a basic understanding of the function of narcotics and their effect on the (normal) brain of a chronic user is simplistic when determining who is likely to abuse opiate medications and why they are in a particularly high risk group for opiate addiction, the truth is, of course, much deeper than that.

Historically, opiate addicts–those who abuse and become dependent on heroin and other other forms of opium including synthetic opiates, such as methadone–have been characterized primarily by their low functionality on the social spectrum. Stimulant addicts; those abusing cocaine, methamphetamine, amphetamine and other stimulant drugs are the

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