Heroin Street Names

- Morphine – a natural ingredient in opium. It is used to relieve severe pain and is a legal medicinal prescription.

- Codeine - like morphine, it is a natural ingredient of opium, although less potent. It is found in prescription cough medicines and pain relievers.

- Opium – the sticky sap of the poppy seed pod. It is now rarely used medicinally, typically smoked.

- Opium derivatives - prescribed for moderate to severe pain:

hydromorphone (Dilaudid)

meperidine (Demerol)

oxycodone (Percodan, Percocet)

hydrocodone (Vicodin, Lortab, Lorcet)

- Methadone - a synthetic drug used mainly in the treatment of heroin addiction.

- Fentanyl - is a powerful synthetic drug used for severe pain and as a surgical anesthetic.2