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Updated November 24, 2003

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Category:
Opioids and Morphine Derivatives.
Commercial and Street Names:
Diacetylmorphine; brown sugar, dope, H, horse, junk, skag, skunk, smack, white horse.
How Administered:
Injected, smoked, snorted.
Intoxication Effects and Potential Health Consequences:
Pain relief, euphoria, drowsiness/respiratory depression and arrest, nausea, confusion, constipation, sstaggering gait, sedation, unconsciousness, coma, tolerance, addiction.
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