Was Herman Goering a morphine addict?

Answer 1

Yes. He sustained injuries in WW1, and became addicted for the rest of his life.

Not WW1, Goering was actually wounded during the "Beer Hall Putsch" which took place in Munich on the 9th of November 1923. After Hitler declared at the Beer Hall that he and his people had taken over parliament, he then took to the streets in a large march. He, Goering and several other important people were shot at and some wounded when the Bavarian police were attempting to break this march up.

Goering was shot in the thigh/groin area, the wound became infected and he had to undergo several surgeries to save his life. As a result of the severe pain he was in he began using morphine and became addicted.

His decades long addiction came to an end as a prisoner of the Allies after the war. Goering was weaned off his drugs, put on a diet and at the time he was fit and drug free, the first time in many years. He put up a spirited defense at his trial, his IQ was tested along with all the other high ranking Nazis on trial and he scored 192, which put him near the top. Upon hearing of his sentence of death Goering waited until just hours before his scheduled hanging to commit suicide by using cyanide - a potent poison.