1. Heroin
The name is derived from "a hero" for it's supposed effect of saving morphine addicts. ... During Victorian times, taking opium in the form a laudanum (opium dissolved in alcohol) and in pill form became very popular among all the classes. ... Heroin is derived from raw opium gum, which is produced only by the opium poppy plant, although other varieties of poppy exist. ...
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