Talk:Heroin/Archive 6

"substitute"
The meaning of this sentence can be discerned, but linguistically it is confused. "It was developed chiefly as a morphine substitute for cough suppressants that did not have morphine's addictive side-effects." The word "substitute" is being given a double meaning, as "morphine substitute" and also "substitute for cough suppressants." The sentence is saying that both morphine and heroin were cough suppressant substitutes, but also that heroin was a morphine substitute, all of which are true. It is difficult to cram all the meaning the sentence wants to convey into so few words. For example, it cannot claim that heroin was chiefly a cough suppressant substitute like morphine, because that was not true of morphine. I would suggest that it read:

"One of morphine's uses was as a substitute for cough suppressants, and heroin was developed chiefly, in turn, to substitute morphine for that purpose, without morphine's addictive side-effects."Cdg1072 (talk) 16:34, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

heroin is acceptable in the society?
we have been using opium since the dawn of time, just because the church says it is illegal ... now that almost everyone does heroin or opium can it be socially accepted? For me yes 82.61.97.42 (talk) 15:39, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Almost everyone? Not in my experience. And an obvious question is where? This is a global encyclopaedia. Also, this being Wikipedia, you would need a reliable source that says that before it could be added to the article. HiLo48 (talk) 22:14, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 28 July 2022
There is an error.

Under Chemistry:

"Most commercial opiate screening tests cross-react appreciably with these metabolites, as well as with other biotransformation products likely to be present following usage of street-grade diamorphine such as 6-acetylcholine and codeine."

It says 6-acetylcholine is a metabolite, it's supposed to be 6-acetylcodeine. 2603:9001:700:727:6D29:E73E:3CC2:8A7 (talk) 06:35, 28 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. rbstrachan (talk) 13:03, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅. I have corrected it and added a reference. Vpab15 (talk) 13:11, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 March 2023
Effective January 31, 2023, possession of up to 2.5 grams of cocaine is decriminalized in the Province of British Columbia due to Health Canada mandate 104.250.78.239 (talk) 10:28, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Not significant enough for this global encyclopaedia. HiLo48 (talk) 20:32, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Particularly considering that this article is about heroin, not cocaine. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 22:20, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: considering the opposition above. ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 13:03, 8 March 2023 (UTC)