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Re:Prescription painkiller deaths fall in medical marijuana ... by GordonS on Friday November 06, 2015 @10:46AM (#10520019)
I'm not saying it's not addictive, or that it's not dangerous - it is.

Morphine is however just one of the many alkaloids that make up opium - together they have a different effect than morphine alone.

I can't quickly find a reference beyond Wikipedia[1] that mentions opium being less addictive than, for example, morphine, but I read a lot of papers on drugs and have read this before. I'll try and find some and post back if I do.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphine

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Re:Prescription painkiller deaths fall in medical marijuana ... by DanBC on Friday November 06, 2015 @03:33PM (#10521826)
You said "much less addictive". People are responding to the words you write.
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Re:Prescription painkiller deaths fall in medical marijuana ... by facetube on Friday November 06, 2015 @06:03PM (#10522641)
A bunch of years back, there was a minor internet epidemic of people ordering poppy pod arrangements off of eBay and brewing them in to tea. It proved every bit as addictive as abusing morphine. There are a lot of plants out there that have a safety-favourable agonist/antagonist mix, but I'm not sure opium is one of them.
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