Sam whose friend or family member is addicted
I provide education and support for families, referral for treatment for addiction and co-dependency. It requires sustained long-term intervention and support, and Suboxone is another big-pharmacy drug that is now so widely available, abused, sold on the street and prescribed by doctors to a heroin addict in an outpatient setting without requiring or making available any well studied evidenced-based practices.
If you have someone you love living under your roof actively using opiates at the very least you should look into obtaining Narcan (Naloxone) and some training on how/when to use it. After you speak with one parent who could not revive their overdosed child, well, this is the sort of advice that sobers up the family -- get them help, or prepare for the funeral. There are no old heroin addicts, unless of course you are old when you start.