“It is wrong to say that if one is addicted to Percocet then that makes them a heroin addict.”
If one is addicted to opiates, you’re addicted to opiates. They all trigger the same receptors in the brain. This idea that you can be only addicted to some lesser kind of opiate is like saying an alcoholic can only be addicted to beer.
So a someone who NEVER did Heroin can be a Heroin addict?
Brett Farve was a Heroin addict because he abused Vicodin?
Based on what you say I could call him a recovering Heroin addict.
If one opiate is no different than the other why does the FDA have different Drug SCHEDULES for them?