Actually, these days a lot of heroin users are getting started because their doctor prescribed them an analogue to heroin. Pain pills are being pushed out onto

Actually, these days a lot of heroin users are getting started because their doctor prescribed them an analogue to heroin. Pain pills are being pushed out onto the market and people tend to keep buying once they get started. And often drugs are banned not because they are harmful, but instead to punish a class of people. For example alcohol is more dangerous than weed, but weed is against the law in most places.