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Drug and Alcohol Abuse
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Heroin is a white, odourless, bitter crystalline compound which is obtained from the acetylation of a secondary metabolite. This metabolite is extracted from

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Heroin, commonly called smack is chemically diacetylmorphine which is a white, odourless, bitter crystalline compound. This is obtained by acetylation of morphine, which is extracted from the latex of  poppy plant Papaver somniferum. 

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