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?
“So a someone who NEVER did Heroin can be a Heroin addict?”
They can be addicted to it, yes, certainly. If you are addicted to ANY form of opiates, you are addicted to them all. There are slight chemical differences between them, but from a functional standpoint, they affect your brain chemistry exactly the same way, and really only vary in potency.
You probably wouldn’t call someone who hadn’t done heroin a “recovering heroin addict”, but if you put heroin in front of them, while they were in withdrawal from vicodin, well, don’t expect that heroin to be there when you get back.
“If one opiate is no different than the other why does the FDA have different Drug SCHEDULES for them?”
Good question, but one that you will have to ask the FDA.