I spent 12 years on research into non-addictive analgesic drugs as replacements for morphine.
In form the substances are identical, but to be technical, the molecular construction makes a difference whether the substance is addictive or non-addictive.
Is it not possible that people are being moved from an illegal non-addictive drug to a legal, addictive medicinal drug?
So the mild, non-addictive drug is banned and the more powerful addictive drugs are permitted—and used in enormous quantities.
I stress that aspect of the non-addictive nature of this problem.
The real object might be addictive, the image may be non-addictive.
Alternatively, the substance can have a negative charge of electricity which makes it addictive, or a positive charge which makes it non-addictive.
Is he satisfied that the so-called next generation of tranquilisers —said to be non-addictive—will be non-addictive?