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Why Is Heroin So Addictive?

Opiate use has a long history. Ancient Sumerian physicians were writing prescriptions for opium on clay tablets 8,000 years ago. Derivatives of the opium poppy were commonly used for ailments and aches of all kinds by the ancient Chinese, Arabs, Egyptians, Indians, Greeks, and Romans throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance and into modern history.…