Narcotics is the general term for substance that produce lethargy, stupor, induce sleep and relieve pain by depressing the central nervous system. They cause a condition of abnormal drowsiness and a great lack of energy. Narcotics are legally used in medicine. In this state, the mind and sense are so dull that one can’t barely think, act and feel. Dangerous substances such as opium, morphine and heroin were then basic ingredients in patient medicines that could be purchased by everyone for any reason without prescription since they are effective cure of headaches, toothaches, depression, nervousness, menstrual cramps. In fact can practically cure every human ailment. As a result of the ready availability of these drugs and their heavy use for medical problems, may individual became addicted to the narcotics contained in these patient medicines. So there were more narcotics addicts. They were not abusers or taking narcotics for “recreational” purposes. Legally, narcotics include opium and its derivatives (morphine, codeine and heroin) and the synthetic opiates, such as meperidine and methadone. The use of narcotics dropped as doctors did not prescribe narcotics, and drug stores were not also selling over the counter. It used to combat narcotic addition of heroin.