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Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive drug and is the most widely abused and most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants. More
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Publications
- Afghanistan Opium Winter Rapid Assessment Survey 2008
- The NSDUH Report: Demographic and Geographic Variations in Injection Drug Use
- The DASIS Report: HeroinChanges in How It Is Used, 1995-2005
Common street terms for heroin include:
- Big H
- China White
- Mexican brown
- Smack