Narcotic Addiction Is Not Chronic Poisoning. Why?
When the cause is poisoning then we are talking about a poison, therefore we recommend detoxification.
It has to be said that Narcotics are not poisons at all.
For example Diacetylmorphine which is the medical name for Heroin. From one Kilogram Morphine, 900 grams of Heroin is made. Every day in the medical field Morphine is used by doctors as a beneficial substance. Opium contains Morphine, Codeine, Papaverine and other substances, which are very useful in medicine. In Marijuana and Hashish there is a substance called THC which has been a very popular Medication for a longtime. We do accept that overdose of any of these substances could lead to poisoning or even death. (Also Psychedelic pills; Painkillers, sleeping pills etc.). Poisoning is a relative matter and the following definition can define it:
Any external substance (in the form of Gas, Liquid and Solid) entering the body and causing imbalance in the body or even death, can be defined as poison. Therefore when someone is bitten by a snake and is taken to hospital, first thing is that the poison is extracted out of the body since snake’s poison is deadly and has to be quickly extracted from the blood flow. This is called Detoxification. If a person, who is not an opium addict, consumes more than 1 gram of opium, he might die since it has a deadly effect on him and the poison has to be immediately extracted out of his body.
I am deeply surprised by this scientific mistake and the fact that how experts in the medical field don’t pay attention to this important fact.
Now I present some questions to furthermore clarify this misunderstanding.
First question: let’s assume a patient has been injecting Morphine (8 units) in the hospital for 2 years under medical supervision. Now the doctor in charge wants to discontinue the injections. What does the doctor do?
A) Does the doctor perform Detoxification?
B) Or the doctor Tapers off the morphine?
Second question: let’s imagine a person who has been using all kinds of anti-depressants, sleeping pills and other relaxants for 10 years. To stop his usage of these medicines due to an emergency situation, what should be done?
A) Detoxification
B) Tapering off the medication
Most probably you would answer that tapering off the drug is the best solution. Because if detoxification takes place and the remainder of the drug is taken out of the patient’s system, it could damage the health or even cause death.