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Heroin, or diacetylmorphine (INN), also known as diamorphine (BAN), is a semi-synthetic opioid drug synthesized from morphine, a derivative of the opium poppy. It is the 3,6-diacetyl ester of morphine (hence diacetylmorphine). The white crystalline form is commonly the hydrochloride salt... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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Paula Yates In 2000, Yates was found dead at her home in London, at the age of 41, of an accidental heroin overdose.

GG Allin Despite threats of an onstage suicide, Allin died of an accidental heroin overdose in New York City on June 28, 1993, in the Manhattan apartment of John Handley Hurt and Dwanna Yount only six days after leaving prison (and three days after attending the premier of the documentary Hated, whose director gives an account of Allin's attendance in Bizarre magazine).

Come Taste the Band Tommy Bolin died of an accidental heroin overdose in 1976.

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List of drug-related deaths Tim Hemensley - indie musician, member of GOD, heroin overdose

List of drug-related deaths Layne Staley (34) - musician, Alice in Chains, cocaine and heroin overdose (speedball).

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List of drug-related deaths John Belushi (33) - of the Blues Brothers, actor, and comedian, heroin and cocaine overdose (speedball).

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List of drug-related deaths Bridgette Andersen (21) former child actress, alcohol and heroin overdose.

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List of drug-related deaths John Belushi (33) - of the Blues Brothers, actor, and comedian, heroin and cocaine overdose (speedball).

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Dinah Cancer But the band came to a permanent halt with the death of Rob Graves in 1991 from a heroin overdose.

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List of drug-related deaths Layne Staley (34) - musician, Alice in Chains, cocaine and heroin overdose (speedball).

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1987 in heavy metal music In December 1987, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx suffers a near-fatal heroin overdose.

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List of drug-related deaths Tim Hemensley - indie musician, member of GOD, heroin overdose

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List of drug-related deaths John Belushi (33) - of the Blues Brothers, actor, and comedian, heroin and cocaine overdose (speedball).

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NYPD Blue Also during Season 6, two other critical incidents occur: the heroin overdose death of PAA Dolores Mayo (played by Lola Glaudini), and the shocking death of Costas, gunned down at the courthouse trial of the suspect accused in Mayo's death by her distraught father.

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1987 in music December 23 - Nikki Sixx of the rock band Mötley Crüe suffers a heroin overdose, but is revived shortly thereafter.

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Illegal drug trade in the People's Republic of China China not only continues to be a major transit route for Southeast Asian heroin bound for international drug markets, but also for Southwest Asian heroin entering northwestern China from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan.

Illegal drug trade in the People's Republic of China A majority of the Southeast Asian heroin that enters China from Burma transits southern China to various international markets by maritime transport.

Illegal drug trade in the People's Republic of China Chinese officials state that the majority of heroin entering China comes over the border from Burma.

Illegal drug trade in the People's Republic of China In addition to Southeast Asian heroin entering into China, Southwest Asian heroin enters northwestern China from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan.

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Illegal drug trade in the People's Republic of China Southwest Asian heroin (mainly from Afghanistan) represents as much as 20 percent of the heroin entering northwest China.

Illegal drug trade in the People's Republic of China Chinese authorities state that Southwest Asian heroin (mainly originating from Afghanistan) represents as much as 20 percent of the heroin that enters the northwest Xinjiang.

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Nicolo Rizzuto He allegedly replaced the late Vic Cotroni as the clearinghouse for Corsican heroin entering Canada and the United States.

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Foreign relations of Italy United States authorities allege Italy is an important gateway for and consumer of Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin entering the European market.

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Opiate This increase in lipid solubility allows heroin to enter the brain more rapidly than morphine.

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operation, business, organization, network, coffins and trade.

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Harry Tietlebaum He was later part of a major heroin smuggling operation with Meyer Lansky and Harry "Nig" Rosen during the early 1930s.

Bali Nine Prosecutors told a Bali court there was no reason to show any leniency to the 24-year-old because he helped organise the heroin smuggling operation.

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Air America (film) The next day, Senator Davenport (Lane Smith) arrives in Laos on a "fact finding mission" to determine if Washington D.C rumors are true about Air America's heroin smuggling business.

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Noorzai Organization The Noorzai Organization is allegedly a heroin smuggling organization headed by Haji Bashir Noorzai.

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Salvatore Greco "The Engineer" Judge Cesare Terranova, who investigated the Grecos and indicted them in the 1960s (when they were already at large), described "the engineer" as a pivotal figure in the international cigarette and heroin smuggling networks.

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Ike Atkinson The Cadaver Connection was a supposed heroin smuggling operation involving hiding heroin in the American serviceman's coffins.

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Tommy Lucchese Tramunti would later be arrested in the famous French Connection heroin smuggling trade.

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    Heroin

    Heroin, or diacetylmorphine (INN), also known as diamorphine (BAN), is a semi-synthetic opioid drug synthesized from morphine, a derivative of the opium poppy. It is the 3,6-diacetyl ester of morphine (hence diacetylmorphine).
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    Category:Heroin

    This category is for articles related to the drug heroin. ... Analgesics
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    Heroin (band)

    Heroin was a short-lived but influential underground hardcore punk/emo band, originating in San Diego in 1989. ... Heroin was a forerunner of the screamo subgenre of hardcore punk.
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    Heroin (song)

    "Heroin" is a song by The Velvet Underground, released on their 1967 debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico. Written by Lou Reed in 1964, the song is one of the band's most celebrated compositions, overtly depicting heroin use and abuse.
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    Heroin (disambiguation)

    Heroin is an opioid drug, but the term may also refer to: Heroin (band), a hardcore emo band
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    Heroin (Billy Idol song)

    "Heroin" is single by Billy Idol, released to promote his 1993 album Cyberpunk. The song is a cover of a song by The Velvet Underground, originally released on their 1967 debut album.
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    Heroin chic

    Heroin chic was a look popularized in mid-1990s fashion and characterized by pale skin, dark circles underneath the eyes, and jutting bones. The look, which promoted emaciated features and androgyny, was an alternative that stood in direct contradiction to the healthy and vibrant look of models such as Christie Brinkley, Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, and Heidi Klum.
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    Black tar heroin

    It has been steadily on the rise in the following years to nearly converge with the dropping purity of U.S. east coast powder varieties of heroin.
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    Heroin Girl

    "Heroin Girl" is a rock song by the band Everclear from their 1995 album Sparkle and Fade. This song is generally agreed to be about lead singer, Art Alexakis's girlfriend and brother overdosing on heroin; he heard the policeman say "Just another overdose" about his brother's death, a lyric used in the song.
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    The Heroin Diaries

    The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack is a concept album written by Nikki Sixx, James Michael and DJ Ashba and recorded by their band Sixx:A.M.,which serves as the companion soundtrack to Nikki Sixx's autobiography, The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star.

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