Successful application of Eschscholzia californica to combat opioid addiction

Abstract

In the US today, a staggering 115 people die daily due to the tragedy of being addicted to opioids.1 Some estimates are that this epidemic will cripple the economy with an 80-billion-dollar burden on taxpayers, who foot the bill for intervention, legal fees, and health for these individuals in the drug’s insidious grip.2 The crisis has permeated everywhere in our society…even into small towns across America, and into my practice in rural CT. In this editorial are two cases highlighting the power of botanical medicine, which assisted several patient’s to beat this addiction.