Understanding the effects of heroin on the brain 3 Articles

by Luke Towstego

Heroin, an addictive opiate (Any of various sedative narcotics containing opium or one or more of its natural or synthetic derivatives) drug made from the morphine extracted from the Opium poppy plant. People may try to co...read more

by Jessi Benassi

Heroin is named after the German word for powerful, heroic, heroisch. According to popular legend, its substitute, methadone, was initially christened Dolophine in honour of Adolf Hitler. In reality, the name comes from th...read more

by Valli Sarvani

Heroin is an illegal opiate drug made from the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. The main ingredient that is extracted from raw opium is morphine and it is converted to heroin by a chemical process. Opium was first used by ...read more