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Heroin is commonly called as...

Heroin is commonly called as

A

coke

B

crack

C

smack

D

charas.

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C
Heroin, is chemically diacetylmorphine which is a white, odourless, bitter cyrstaline compound commonly called smack. It is obtained by acetylation of morphine which is extracted from the lates of poppy plant. (Papaver somniferum).
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