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100

The lead singer of the band Nirvana struggled with heroin addiction what was his name?

Who is Kurt Cobain

100

Heroin is classified as what type of drug

What is an opioid

100

Is heroin legal or illegal in the US

What is illegal

100

Repeated heroin use can change the brain’s reward system, leading to this chronic condition where the body depends on the drug.

what is Addiction

100

What letter does _eroin start with

whom be "H"

200

This singer and guitarist who wrote "all along the watchtower" famously abused heroin

Who is Jimi Hendrix

200

Heroin is often produced in this country, also where tacos are produced

What is mexico, land of the mexicans

200

Does heroin have any medical use in the US

What is no

200

When someone who is addicted stops taking heroin, they experience this

What is withdrawal 

200

what big and cold country has the highest rate of heroin usage by volume

who is Russia

300

This actor, known for "stand by me" and other movies died from an overdose of heroin

Who is River Phoenix 

300

Heroin is derived from this substance that is often used for pain relief in hospitals

What is morphine

300

Heroin is made from this flower

What is the opium poppy

300

These organs you need to breathe are at risk of collapse from too much heroin

What are lungs

300

what european country was heroin invented in

what is England

400

Jane Margolis died of an overdose from Heroin in this show

What is Breaking Bad

400

What system in the body does heroin affect

What is the nervous system

400

Heroin is sometimes laced with this other drug, increasing risk of overdose

What is fentanyl

400

Needle sharing can give you this disease

What is HIV

400

What year had the highest rate of heroin usage in the USA?

a) 2020

b) 2016

c) 2018

d) 2000

what is b) 2016

500

This famous actor struggled with heroin abuse in the 1990s, before eventually acting in Oppenheimer and many Marvel movies

Who is Robert Downey Jr.

500

Heroin binds to these receptors in the body

What are opioid receptors 

500

This form of heroin is named for the sticky stuff used to pave roads

What is black tar heroin

500

This can slow when you take heroin, leading to a potential overdose

What is heart rate or breathing

500

When was heroin invented

when was 1874

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