heroin

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Ms Trehan added that the Heroin Idun could not identify the Naval ship in the darkness and assumed that it was a pirate ship.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022

Heroin addict has been replaced by person with an opioid use disorder; wheelchair-bound by wheelchair user; patients are not illegal, but undocumented.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2021

That same year, Kemp Chester was named the associate director of the National Heroin Coordination Group in Botticelli’s office.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2019

With songs such as "Heroin" and "Sweet Jane," and an androgynous, black-clad look, he paved the way for punk, glam and alternative rock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2013

Greenagel is a recovery counselor at Rutgers University—the site of the oldest Recovery Housing program in the world—and the current chair of the New Jersey Task Force on Heroin & Other Opiates.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2012