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heroin

[her-oh-in] / ˈhɛr oʊ ɪn /


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A decade on she says: "I think we're on the cusp of seeing heroin chic return."

From BBC

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

From Salon

Their patients, all men, aged 19 to 37, had been addicted to heroin for an average of nine years.

From Scientific American

It was first identified as an adulterant in heroin supplies in the early 2000s.

From Scientific American

He became a celebrity, and his mystique was only accentuated by his short rise to fame and untimely death, from a heroin overdose, at age 27.

From Los Angeles Times