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Heroin Facts and Figures

Internet URL

http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/heroin/index.html  

Sponsoring Agency

Office of National Drug Control Policy, The White House

Description

This document is about Heroin, a highly addictive drug. It is the most abused and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seedpod of certain varieties of poppy plants.

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Review Date

9/21/2006

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