heroin
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- noun
- /ˈhɛroʊɪn/
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heroína
- Many people struggle with the consequences of heroin addiction.
- heroin addicts
- heroin use
- inject heroin
How do you move from cooking heroin to lace it with fentanyl?
- How do you move from cooking heroin to lace it with fentanyl?
- Like it's you need so much heroin that it's crazy.
- It's about the same potency as heroin is hydromorphone.
- Oh, he had everything from cannabis to heroin, LSD.
- And it was with, you know, the the heroin kingpins in Southeast Asia, right?
- So yeah, I went from nothing really to heroin quite quickly.
- But unknown to me, he was actually shipping heroin and the customs were on it.
- And unfortunately, he found his way to heroin when he was in his teen years.
- I used to do heroin every single day.
- Black tar heroin that could bark.
- And I went to buy the heroin from the dealer.
Examples
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Anyone I've ever known who got into heroin, it ruined their life or they died.
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heroin is a highly addictive narcotic that can lead to severe health issues.
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I used to do heroin every single day.
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And unfortunately, he found his way to heroin when he was in his teen years.
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The plane was carrying the heroin we were tracking.
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It's not an epidemic of prescription or heroin abuse.
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A class A drug such as heroin remains detectable in urine for three days.
Academic text (1998) -
You know that abusing drugs like cocaine and heroin can lead to addiction and other serious health consequences.
Academic text (2011) -
Using the cotton as a filter, he draws the heroin into the syringe.
Fiction book (1994) -
As in preceding strategies, cocaine remains the primary threat; however, "heroin warrants serious concern."
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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A strong drug used for severe pain that can make a person numb and cause addiction
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An illegal drug, heroin, often injected or smoked by users
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5.1
A drug that eases pain by acting on the body's pain system and can cause addiction
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7.2
A drug from opium used to relieve pain and make someone sleep
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A very strong illegal drug called heroin that makes people addicted
A strong illegal drug made from the pain medicine morphine that causes heavy addiction
Compounds
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A strong need for heroin that makes a person keep using it even when it harms them
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A man-made drug like morphine that helps people addicted to heroin avoid withdrawal symptoms
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A strong prescription pain medicine that people often abuse like illegal drugs
How Harmful
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1.0
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Heroin began as a German brand name made from a word meaning 'heroic', so you can think of hero to remember it was meant to sound very strong. That's why heroin now names a very powerful and often dangerous drug.