So what you're suggesting is simply that alcohol addiction has different underlying causes than opiate addiction? If so, that doesn't undermine the whole of th

So what you're suggesting is simply that alcohol addiction has different underlying causes than opiate addiction? If so, that doesn't undermine the whole of the article's point; it merely suggests that the best policy for getting people off opiates isn't necessarily the best for dealing with alcoholism. The "Drug War" isn't a war on alcohol, after all. > The other thing is that opiates don't help rats being rats. Anyone who has ever interacted with rat knows they are curious and social animals, they like to explore, fight and have sex. Sounds pretty human to me.