What causes opioid addiction, and why is it so tough to combat? | TED-Ed

How did this happen and how did it go unnoticed for so long? The current upsurge in opiate addiction has attracted little attention. Nevertheless, the meth plague, which flourished in many of the same communities, drew plenty of notice. What’s most shocking about opiates history of the rise of addictive pain-killers like OxyContin is that the apotheosis of these drugs was based on completely unfounded scientific claims that if you are in pain than they are not additive. Our heath care has incite