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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>. | ||
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Revision as of 15:00, 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].
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
