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heroin
[her-oh-in]
noun
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction.
heroin
/ ˈɛəʊɪ /
noun
Technical names: diamorphine. diacetylmorphine.a white odourless bitter-tasting crystalline powder related to morphine: a highly addictive narcotic. Formula: C 21 H 23 NO 5
heroin
A white, odorless, bitter crystalline compound, C 17 H 17 NO(C 2 H 3 O 2) 2, that is derived from morphine and is a highly addictive narcotic.
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of heroin1
Example Sentences
The court heard Hardy's heroin supplies were smuggled into the UK in lorry tyres, and the profits were split with another Nottinghamshire "drugs general", John Dawes, and his brother, Robert.
On Friday, he was sentenced to 16 years in a New York prison for conspiring to import drugs - including enough heroin for "millions of doses" - into the US.
During his testimony at the Senate Finance Committee, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also said that antidepressants were harder to get off than heroin.
For nearly three decades Keeley Knowles' life consisted of shoplifting thousands of pounds worth of goods to fuel her heroin addiction.
In January 1977, desperate for money to finance a heroin deal, he flouted KGB instructions and appeared unannounced outside the Soviet Embassy.
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