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| − | Heroin is an opiate made from morphine (opiates dull pain). Morphine is extracted from the opium poppy. Like many drugs made from opium, including synthetic opioids (e.g. methadone) heroin is a very strong painkiller<ref>A-Z Of Drugs, [http://www.talktofrank.com/drugs.aspx?id=186#appearance Heroin], ''FRANK'', Accessed 13-January-2009</ref>. | + | Heroin is an opiate made from morphine (opiates dull pain). Morphine is extracted from the opium poppy. Like many drugs made from opium, including synthetic opioids (e.g. methadone) heroin is a very strong painkiller<ref>A-Z Of Drugs, [http://www.talktofrank.com/drugs.aspx?id=186#appearance Heroin], ''FRANK'', Accessed 13-January-2009</ref>. Ninety percent of Heroin found in the UK is supplied from Afghanistan<ref>Mark Townsend, Anushka Asthana and Denis Campbell, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2006/dec/24/drugsandalcohol.drugs Heroin UK], The Guardian, 24-December-2006, Accessed 13-January-2009</ref>. |
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Revision as of 15:03, 13 January 2010
Heroin is an opiate made from morphine (opiates dull pain). Morphine is extracted from the opium poppy. Like many drugs made from opium, including synthetic opioids (e.g. methadone) heroin is a very strong painkiller[1]. Ninety percent of Heroin found in the UK is supplied from Afghanistan[2].
Resources
- Nick Davies, What's wrong with the war on drugs , The Guardian, February 2001
- Nick Davies, The politics of the drug war , The Guardian, February 2001
