Hello. I myself have witnessed cannabis help people addicted to say heroin or any opiates ( I fall into this category) transition back to what normal life is, and replace the opiates with cannabis. An addict in active addiction is either chasing, using, scheming to get dope, passed out, or locked up detoxing wishing and willing to do anything for it all day every day...for me I was on suboxone for the first 18 months of my journey. Slowly weaning my self off the biuprenorphine which is an addictive drug itself but in my case it was the lesser of two evils, sub helped me distance myself and break the physical habits while my head cleared, by the time I was weaning off the suboxone I was back to "myself" the fog had cleared heroin no longer had a grasp on me and nothing was worth using ever again but you want something to alter your mood etc. and using cannabis really helped me cope with the absence of drugs, depression, struggles of day to day life and the problems I like all addicts had created as a result of things id done while I was using. I have a lot of remorse from things I put my loved ones through...in the past my longest stint of sobriety was 3 months...I'd work the steps GO to na meetings etc but marijuana maintenance is what na/ aa calls it and its a no no ....but in my experience it really can help if the person wants to be clean ....cannabis has so many medicinal values that can, and has replaced dozens of prescription meds. I have remained clean 2 years and have never. Felt better. Also use cannabis daily. healTHCare sorry its rambles jus jotted a quick reply