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		vidarh 63 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Heroin addicts often seem normal Diamorphine - heroins generic name - is still prescribed for pain in many countries, including the UK.

projectazorian 63 days ago | [–]

Ironically the US uses fentanyl for palliative care instead due to prohibition.

narcotraffico1 63 days ago | [–]

diacetylmorphine

vidarh 63 days ago | [–]

Same thing. Diamorphine is the name used by the NHS in the UK at least, as well as the European Union Drugs Agency.

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