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Heroin vs Fentanyl - What's the difference?

heroin | fentanyl |

As nouns the difference between heroin and fentanyl

is that heroin is heroin (drug) while fentanyl is (pharmaceutical drug) a particular narcotic painkiller.

heroin

English

(wikipedia heroin)

Noun

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  • A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world.
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    Synonyms

    * (chemical names) diacetylmorphine, diamorphine * (street names) Big H, boy, dope, junk, H, horse, Ron, shit, skag, smack * See also

    fentanyl

    English

    (wikipedia fentanyl)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (pharmaceutical drug) A particular narcotic painkiller.