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DESCRIPTION/OVERVIEW

CONTROL STATUS
STREET TERMS
  • Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Heroin Street Terms
SHORT-TERM EFFECTS
LONG-TERM EFFECTS
  • Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Heroin Addiction, Effects Of Heroin, Heroin Facts
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse, InfoFacts: Heroin
TRAFFICKING TRENDS
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  • In 2005, the DEA seized 639 kgs of heroin. For prior years, click here.
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Last updated: March 2010

 

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