Heroin

Heroin

The potent, widely abused opiate that produces a profound addiction. It consists of two morphine molecules linked together chemically.

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heroin

Science; General science

A narcotic compound that is a synthetic derivative of morphine. The compound is easily absorbed by the brain and is used as a powerful analgesic. Highly addictive, it is abused by ...

heroin

Law enforcement; Drug trafficking

Heroin (diacetylmorphine or morphine diacetate, also known as diamorphine (BAN, INN) and commonly known by its street names of H, smack, horse, brown, black, tar, and others) is ...

heroin

Health care; Psychiatry

Semisynthetic drug derived from morphine. Discovered in 1874, it was introduced commercially in 1898 by the Bayer company in Germany. The name heroin was coined from the German ...

heroin

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The potent, widely abused opiate that produces a profound addiction. It consists of two morphine molecules linked together chemically.

heroin

Health care; Cancer treatment

A substance made from morphine. Heroin is very addictive and it is illegal to use or sell it in the United States. It is a type of opiate.

heroin

Legal services; General law

narcotic, usually injected into the body

gene

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Strands of DNA that contain the blueprint of all the molecules that make up our bodies.

nicotine gum, nicotine patch

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

Two methods of delivering small amounts of nicotine into the bodies of people who are addicted to nicotine to help them quit smoking cigarettes by preventing nicotine withdrawal.

acute effects

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The short-term effects of a drug. Acute effects are those that people feel shortly after they ingest a drug and are under its influence (e.g., while they are intoxicated).

localization of function

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A principal of brain organization that states that specific places (circuits) in the brain carry out specific functions.

cerebral cortex

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

The large, deeply folded outer layers of the brain that make our heads so big. The cortex carries out complex perceptual, cognitive, and motor tasks.

thalamus

Health care; Drug rehabilitation

A brain structure that lies between the brain stem and the cortex and acts as a relay to the cortex for almost all sensory inputs and other kinds of information.