There's a group of people that like to pretend heroin is less harmful despite all the evidence to the contrary. I'm not sure if they're users rationalizing their own use or what, but it's an odd thing I've noticed.

Alcohol is really bad for your mind. I don't think there is sufficient evidence, that heroin is worse than alcohol for your brain.

She couldn't have been a functional alcoholic for 25 year if alcohol were an illegal substance.

There are plenty of people who have a normal life on methadone or heroin if it is provided to them.

As already stated, if you are an addict, getting the substance is the highest priority. Making it harder to get just makes them use more of their resources to get them.

> is worse than alcohol for your brain

It depends on the definition of "worse". If cell death over time, then maybe alcohol is worse. If it's how much a recreational/entertaining dose disturbs the workings of the mind, the operation/rational/ability to live a normal life, which is the purpose of the mind, then I would say heroin is worse.

I would assume the amount of dopamine a drug releases is directly related to its ability to disrupt someones life.