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heroin

noun as in addictive drug

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One package, which was recovered by a prison officer in August 2021, contained heroin with a prison value of £22,400 and cannabis worth £15,300.

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One of the things I liked about “French Connection” was the heroin making and the counterfeiting.

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Much of the heroin landing on these islands is drawn off the shipping lanes that pass close to Assumption Island.

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More than 13,000 heroin and opioid deaths have been missed off official statistics in England and Wales, raising concerns about the impact on the government's approach to tackling addiction.

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Opioids and opiates - such as heroin and methadone - were the biggest contributors to fatal overdoses in 2024.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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