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'''Heroin''' (Diacetylmorphine) is an illegal [[narcotic]] drug, manufactured from opium within the [[poppy]] plant as a semi-synthetic [[opioid]]. The opium poppy has been cultivated for its properties since at least 3400 BC (in [[Mesopotamia]]).

'''Heroin''' (diacetylmorphine) is an illegal [[narcotic]] [[drug]], manufactured from opium within the [[poppy]] plant as a semi-synthetic [[opioid]]. The opium poppy has been cultivated for its properties since at least 3400 BC (in [[Mesopotamia]]).

Heroin was briefly commercially marketed as a cough medicine for children, and as substitute for medicinal [[morphine]], having been erroneously believed to be less addictive.

Heroin was briefly commercially marketed as a cough medicine for children, and as substitute for medicinal [[morphine]], having been erroneously believed to be less addictive.