Narcotic
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The term narcotic originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with numbing or paralyzing properties. In the United States, it has since become associated with opiates and opioids, commo
Heroin, a powerful opioid and narcotic
Heroin
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Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a morphinan opioid substance synthesized from the dried latex of the opium poppy; it is mainly used as a recreational drug
Narcotic
…compound with numbing or paralyzing properties. In the United States, it has since become associated with opiates and opioids, commonly morphine and heroin, as well as derivatives of many of the compounds found within raw opium latex. Legally speaking, the term "narcotic" may be imprecisely defined and…
Sample of heroin powder
Ampoules of freeze-dried diamorphine (heroin) for medical use
Heroin solution injected after being filtered through cotton from a tampon
A modified hypodermic syringe used for rectal administration ("plugging") of heroin.