All you need to know about heroin

Heroin is an addictive substance extracted from poppy fruit. It is grouped with strong analgesics known as opiate. Other drugs in this opiate group include opium, morphine and codeine. When used in a controlled and legal manner, heroin is used as a powerful analgesic and sedative, which acts as a pain reliever in cases under doctor's orders such as accidents or heart attacks .

However, when illegally supplied and used, heroin actually becomes one of the most dangerous drugs in the world, it is also known as white goods, heroin, brown fairies. , . moreover, it is mixed with other chemicals to create different types. This is the cause of the deaths of millions of people, a soreness in all countries of the world.

Let's take a look at the science of this most dangerous drug and its effects on people through the Infographic below.