heroin

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US President Donald Trump has made the fight against criminal gangs sending illicit drugs such as heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamines and cocaine one of his priorities.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

They would grow to dominate not just the lucrative production of heroin and crystal meth, but the mineral and gold mines dotted around the state, as well as the avocado and lime industries.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023

Border Patrol seizures represent a minority – between 13% and 19% – of the total weight of seizures at the border for cocaine, fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine.

From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2023

As author and radio host Thom Hartmann sharply observed in a new essay, Fox News is like heroin to its public.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2023

The cops grouped the boys together, lined them up against a fence, and demanded to know which of them had jettisoned the bag, which later turned out to be filled with quinine, not heroin.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride