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I don't think anyone said it isn't addictive. I think what people were referencing is the very well established research that indicates that "physically" it is not nearly as quickly addicting as many people assume, and that chemically, diacetyl morphia, by itself, doesn't do a lot of damage to the human body (this also makes intuitive sense, considering we have enkephalin mu receptors to begin with). This makes obvious sense when you consider that the half-life of heroin is about six hours in the average human body. Thus unless you are getting it every ~six hours, you are not going to quickly become "addicted," if by "addicted" we mean physically dependent on the substance. Most users exaggerate both the quantities they consume, and the suffering they experience during withdrawal. This in no way downplays the truely enormous damage these individuals wreck in their lives and the lives of those around them.