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Heroin is an illegal, highly addictive drug. It is both the most abused and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants. It is typically sold as a white or brownish powder or as the black sticky substance known on the streets as "black tar heroin." Although purer heroin is becoming more common, most street heroin is "cut" with other drugs or with substances such as sugar, starch, powdered milk, or quinine. Street heroin can also be cut with strychnine or other poisons. Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at risk of overdose or death. Heroin also poses special problems because of the transmission of HIV and other diseases that can occur from sharing needles or other injection equipment.
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Ecstasy--an illegal drug often referred to as this decade�??s version of LSD�??is, according to some of its users �??the hottest drug going now.�?� It�??s also one of the deadliest. While Ecstasy is most often associated with large open-to-the-public teen dance parties--or �??raves�?�--federal officials say the drug also known as MDMA (and most commonly called �??X�?� on the street) is so readily available that teens can easily buy it on the street or even on their school�??s campus.
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