Noun
a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush
Source: WordNetWho lives longer? the man who takes heroin for two years and dies, or a man who lives on roast beef, water and potatoes 'till 95? One passes his 24 months in eternity. All the years of the beefeater are lived only in time. Aldous Huxley
Since this is the age of science, not religion, psychiatrists are our rabbis, heroin is our pork, and the addict is the unclean person. Thomas Szasz
If Placebo was a drug, they would no doubt be pure heroin - dangerous, mysterious and totally addictive. Brian Molko
[On Sid Vicious] Yes I can take on England, but I couldn't take on one heroin addict. John Lydon
I had someone at the Houston police station shoot me with heroin so I could do a story about it. The experience was a special kind of hell. I came out understanding full well how one could be addicted to 'smack,' and quickly. Dan Rather
I leave the human cockroaches to discuss their heroin and child pornography. Alan Moore