Can Wisdom Teeth Removal Lead to Heroin Addiction?

Videos of people looking and sounding loopy after having their wisdom teeth removed get a lot of likes and shares on social media. The videos can be amusing, showing patients saying silly things while still groggy from the anesthesia, but a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine is sending out a warning that pulling your wisdom teeth could lead to heroin addiction. Opioids prescribed after the procedure, like Vicodin, OxyContin and Percocet, are highly addictive.