1. Heroin: The Lifelong Addiction Reminder
It is commonly used as a recreational drug for the intense euphoria it induces. ... This is where the vicious cycle starts, the addict "lives to use and uses to live." Obtaining their drug is the most important thing in addict's mind and life. ... Bayer named the substance "heroin", derived from the word heroisch, which is the German word for heroic because people using it felt "heroic". Bayer introduced heroin to the market to cure morphine addiction, cough medicine for children and non-addictive morphine substitute, but it was later found out that heroin will convert to morphine once m...
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