Did They Used Morphine to Treat Herion Addiction in the Vietnam War?
Question by shannen m: did they used morphine to treat herion addiction in the vietnam war?
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Answer by shaneris5
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!
Answer by Danny
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.
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