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1. Heroin: Heroin (chemical name diacetylmorphine) is an organic chemical substance and an opioid analgesic. Heroin is made by the processing of morphine, which is another opioid that naturally comes from the opium poppy plant. [100%] 2023-12-11
2. Heroin: Heroin (diamorphine or technically, diacetylmorphine) is an alkaloid opiate, created by acetylation of the two alcohol groups with acetic anhydride in the morphine compound in opium. It was originally invented at St Mary's Medical School in London in the ... [100%] 2023-12-11 [Chemicals] [Drugs]...
3. Heroin: Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a morphinan opioid substance synthesized from the dried latex of the Papaver somniferum plant and is mainly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Medical-grade diamorphine ... (Opioid used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects) [100%] 2023-12-11 [Heroin] [1874 introductions]...
4. Heroin: Heroin, also known as diamorphine among other names, is an opioid most commonly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. It is used medically in several countries to relieve pain or in opioid replacement therapy. (Opioid drug primarily used recreationally) [100%] 2023-12-11 [Heroin] [1874 introductions]...
5. Heroin: Heroin (diacetylmorphine) is a controlled narcotic drug and analgesic, manufactured from opium within the poppy plant as a semi-synthetic opioid. The term 'heroin' was trademarked in the early 1900s for the drug, and is now the most commonly used ... [100%] 2023-02-28 [Illegal Substances] [Illegal Drugs]...
6. Heroin: Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a morphinan opioid substance derived from the dried latex of the Papaver somniferum plant and is mainly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Medical-grade diamorphine ... (Chemistry) [100%] 2023-12-11 [Acetate esters] [4,5-Epoxymorphinans]...
7. Heroin: Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a potent opioid mainly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Medical grade diamorphine is used as a pure hydrochloride salt. (Opioid used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects) [100%] 2025-12-28 [Heroin] [1874 introductions]...
8. Heroin chic: Heroin chic fue un estilo de moda popularizado a principios de los años 1990 y caracterizado por piel pálida, ojeras, rasgos demacrados, delgadez y cabello débil— todo ello asociado con el abuso de heroína y otras drogas. La supermodelo estadounidense ... [70%] 2024-03-15
9. Black Tar Heroin (film): Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street is a 1999 television documentary film directed by Steven Okazaki. Filmed from 1995 to 1998 in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, the documentary describes the lives of heroin addicts. (Film) [50%] 2023-11-29 [1999 television films] [1999 films]...
10. Polish heroin: "Polish" heroin (also kompot and compote in drug culture slang) is a crude preparation of heroin made from poppy straw. It is an opiate, used recreationally as a psychoactive drug. (Chemistry) [70%] 2023-04-23 [Opioids]
11. Polish heroin: "Polish" heroin (also kompot and compote in drug culture slang) is a crude preparation of heroin made from poppy straw. It is an opiate, used recreationally as a psychoactive drug. (Type of narcotic) [70%] 2025-03-20 [Opioids] [Heroin]...
12. Heroin-assisted treatment: Heroin-assisted treatment (HAT), or diamorphine assisted treatment, refers to a type of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) where semi-synthetic heroin is prescribed to opiate addicts who do not benefit from, or cannot tolerate, treatment with one of the established ... (Prescribing of semi-synthetic heroin) [57%] 2023-11-02 [Alternative medical treatments]
13. Black tar heroin: Black tar heroin, also known as black dragon, is a form of heroin that is sticky like tar or hard like coal. Its dark color is the result of crude processing methods that leave behind impurities. (Impure form of heroin) [57%] 2025-02-24 [Heroin] [Adulteration]...
14. Anti-Heroin Act of 1924: The Anti-Heroin Act of 1924 is a United States federal law prohibiting the importation and possession of opium for the chemical synthesis of an addictive narcotic known as diamorphine or heroin. The Act of Congress amended the Smoking Opium ... (United States federal law) [44%] 2023-11-27 [1924 in American law] [68th United States Congress]...