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heroin

noun as in addictive drug

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Although 24 states have legalized cannabis, it remains illegal at the federal level, carrying the same criminal penalties as heroin and MDMA.

From Salon

Asked about his mother's heroin addiction, the actor said it "caught her" as well as his uncle and father.

From BBC

So was grunge rocker Kurt Cobain when he died of suicide in 1994 and rock ‘n’ roll queen Janis Joplin when she succumbed to a heroin overdose in 1970.

At the federal level, marijuana is currently listed as a Schedule I drug and carries the same criminal penalties as heroin.

From Salon

A former soldier who became a heroin dealer is now a successful artist after finding his passion while serving a 13-year prison sentence.

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

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