Vincent Fortanasce, MD, neurologist and author of End Back & Neck Pain, said that medications — especially opiates — are overprescribed for chronic pain, said a news release. According to Dr.

Opium is a highly addictive drug. It’s made from juice extracted from the unripe seed pods of opium poppy plants (the scientific name is Papaver somniferum). Opium is used to make a class of drugs ...