Heroin is made from the sap of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, which has been the most effective painkiller known to medicine for at least 7000 years. The pharmaceutical name for heroin is diamorphine.
Heroin is made from the sap of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, which has been the most effective painkiller known to medicine for at least 7000 years. The pharmaceutical name for heroin is diamorphine.