How to Use heroin in a Sentence

heroin

noun

• These drug overdoses often occur when people use a drug, such as heroin, that has been laced with fentanyl.
  — Mac Stone, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2023
• The spray works by temporarily reversing the effects of opioids, ranging from prescription painkillers to heroin to fentanyl.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2023
• Trafficking of fentanyl, a dangerous opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin, has surged in recent years.
  — Bill Melugin, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2023
• Narvaez was also allegedly in possession of 100 bags of pre-packaged heroin, a small amount of cocaine and a large amount of cash, police said.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2023
• An analysis of his cellphone led deputies to question Ruiz about delivering heroin to Heath, officials said.
  — Megan Jones, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2023
• Marks was charged with trafficking heroin, trafficking fentanyl and certain persons forbidden to possess a pistol.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 16 Feb. 2023
• Fentanyl is a potent opioid, 30 to 50 times stronger than heroin, that suppresses breathing and can lead to fatal losses of oxygen.
  — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2023
• The opioid epidemic began with prescription pain relievers, then morphed into a heroin crisis.
  — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2023
• The previous wave of the opioid epidemic stemmed from prescription pain pill misuse, then moved to heroin use, which primarily hit white communities.
  — The Enquirer, 22 Feb. 2023
• On the East Coast, the veterinary tranquilizer is commonly mixed with fentanyl, heroin and other illicit drugs and has made the impact of the opioids even stronger.
  — Trisha Thadani, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2023
• Want to live in a state where heroin and meth are legal?
  — The Editorial Board, wsj.com, 9 May 2023
• Back at Danvers' house, Heiss points out the best point of access to the caves and Danvers hands over the heroin.
  — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 10 Feb. 2024
• Nine were tied to heroin and the rest to prescription drugs or a mix of substances.
  — Megan Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2023
• But as his future took shape, heroin worked its way in.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 29 Feb. 2024
• With heroin, the line moves wildly between green and red.
  — Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2023
• The law included fentanyl and heroin for those found to have 10 grams or less.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
• In return, Bostic gave him eight grams of heroin — or about $600 worth — and promised to give him more heroin in the future.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2024
• Though fresh off a detox in Switzerland, Richards was in the midst of a crippling heroin addiction.
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• The report lists the effects of fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine as the cause of the late artist’s death at age of 59 in September.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 7 Apr. 2023
• The study found that cannabis use was very common among those who were dependent on heroin.
  — Dr. Khushali Jhaveri, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2023
• The original version of the death scene had Walt inject Jane once more to cause the lethal heroin overdose.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
• Most of the deaths have been linked to fentanyl, the synthetic opioid 50 times as potent as heroin.
  — Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
• Scattered around the apartment were more than 50 envelopes of what appeared to be heroin — many marked with an ace of spades or ace of hearts.
  — Michelle Tauber, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
• Fentanyl is about 50 times more potent that heroin, according to the DEA.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
• The nation's overdose deaths spiked last decade due to fatal episodes with opioids, then heroin.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
• Marie Ross was a heroin addict, which may have spurred the couple’s involvement.
  — Carol Roark, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2024
• By the early 1970s Johnson had developed a heroin habit to go along with his alcoholism, and stints on the street and in a psych ward followed.
  — Hazlitt, 26 Apr. 2023
• The agency also finds the opioid laced in other street drugs such as cocaine and heroin, and sold on its own in pill, powder and patch form.
  — Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023
• With potency 100 times that of heroin and nearly undetectable at the border, the drug nicknamed King Ivory has flooded the market, triggering a tidal wave of overdoses, crime and addiction.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 July 2024
• In a landmark move in 2020 Oregon voted to decriminalize small amounts of certain drugs, including heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine.
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Sep 2024