diacetylmorphine

In total, around 230 addicts will be able to receive free diacetylmorphine.

It is illegal to manufacture, possess, or sell diacetylmorphine without a license in almost every country.

As such, diacetylmorphine is in essence a quicker-acting form of morphine.

Because of this, many hospitals changed to using morphine instead of diacetylmorphine.

Heroin (diacetylmorphine), an addictive drug, was originally sold as a cough treatment.

A national referendum in November 2008 showed 68% of voters supported the plan, introducing diacetylmorphine prescription into federal law.

When used in the palliative care of cancer patients, diacetylmorphine is often injected using a syringe driver.

Harm reduction is a public health philosophy that seeks to reduce the harms associated with the use of diacetylmorphine.

As with other opioids, diacetylmorphine is used as both an analgesic and a recreational drug.

Heroin (also called Diacetylmorphine or Diamorphine) is a drug.

Diacetylmorphine is produced from acetylation of morphine derived from natural opium sources.

The majority, however, continue to use diacetylmorphine, and diacetylmorphine tablets are supplied for pain management.

Although there is no longer a problem with the manufacturing of diacetylmorphine in the UK, some hospitals there have continued to use morphine.

In the Netherlands, diacetylmorphine is a List I drug of the Opium Law.

Anyone supplying diacetylmorphine without a valid prescription can be fined $10,000 (HKD).

The penalty for trafficking or manufacturing diacetylmorphine is a $50,000 (HKD) fine and life imprisonment.

In similar manner, acetylation converts the natural painkiller morphine into the far more potent heroin (diacetylmorphine).

The aim of this program was to maintain the health of the user by avoiding medical problems stemming from the illicit use of diacetylmorphine.

From 1898 through to 1910, diacetylmorphine was marketed under the trademark name Heroin as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough suppressant.

Possession of diacetylmorphine for the purpose of trafficking is an indictable offense and subject to imprisonment for life.

In the United Kingdom, diacetylmorphine is available by prescription, though it is a restricted Class A drug.

The Health Committee of the League of Nations banned diacetylmorphine in 1925, although it took more than three years for this to be implemented.

Beginning in February 2010, addicts in Copenhagen and Odense will be eligible to receive free diacetylmorphine.

In 1895, the German drug company Bayer marketed diacetylmorphine as an over-the-counter drug under the trademark name Heroin.

Heroin (diacetylmorphine) is a morphine prodrug, meaning that it is metabolized by the body into morphine after administration.