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Re:Bill to Legalize Marijuana and Opium Cleared for Indian P... by addicted on Thursday November 16, 2017 @01:42PM (#15715289)
A lot of good research on addiction, including opioids, shows that societal context absolutely matters.

A good example is heroin use in servicemen after the Vietnam war.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/01/02/1444317...

Re:Bill to Legalize Marijuana and Opium Cleared for Indian P... by meri_dian on Thursday November 16, 2017 @01:54PM (#15715386)
It's interesting research, but taking the entire heroin addicted US population on an extended vacation to try to rid them of their addiction is impractical. They would need to return home eventually too. Where they would be much more likely to relapse.

The findings of the Vietnam study tell us something interesting about the particulars of Vietnam and maybe war zones in general, but I doubt they hold much relevance to the general addict population.