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| + | Heroin is a natural 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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* Nick Davies, [http://www.flatearthnews.net/footnotes-book/page-28-heroin/whats-wrong-war-against-drugs What's wrong with the war on drugs ], ''The Guardian'', February 2001 | * Nick Davies, [http://www.flatearthnews.net/footnotes-book/page-28-heroin/whats-wrong-war-against-drugs What's wrong with the war on drugs ], ''The Guardian'', February 2001 | ||
Revision as of 14:59, 13 January 2010
Heroin is a natural 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
