No, it does not cause negative, destructive behavior. It causes you to lie down and feel good. And it also causes constipation. And, if your supply is interrupted, withdrawal symptoms. The rest is caused primarily by the laws and social environment. Having to interact with criminals? Getting uncertain doses? Overdosing? Those things are because it is illegal, not because it's an opiate.

"Negative distractive behavior" can also include things like "spending so much money on drugs you can't afford basic living expenses," "destroying relationships with your friends/family," "being unable to take care of your children," "getting fired from your job," "not being able to take care of your basic commitment," "'lying down' while driving," etc., etc.

Addiction by definition does cause negative destructive behavior. That's part of the definition. What you're describing is a combination of the psychoactive effects of it and its withdrawal symptoms.

I do agree with you, however. People become addicts due to how our society has criminalized and deregulated drug manufacture and sale and made it extremely hard to teach people how to do properly.

The withdrawals do lead to destructive behavior.