Chemical compound; opioid most commonly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects

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The head of a woman heroin user against a backdrop of doodles; representing heroin as not transmitting the cause of AIDS; an advertisement for safe sex and use of drugs by Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Peder Iblher.

Glyco-Heroin (Smith) : indications, coughs, phthisis, bronchitis, pertussis, laryngitis, pneumonia, asthma ... / Martin H. Smith Company.

Ayer's cherry pectoral cures colds, coughs and all diseases of the throat and lungs / prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.

A field of poppies and a white bra floating against a red sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; German version of a series of 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz. Colour lithograph.

The figure of death in a red cloak bearing the words 'AIDS' and 'HIV' with his scythe and a syringe bearing the word 'heroin' piercing the black silhouette of a reclining figure; a drug safety and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Committee on AIDS Hanoi. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

A field of poppies and a white bra floating against a red sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; French version of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [Stop AIDS] campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health , in collaboration with l'Aide Suisse contre le SIDA. Colour lithograph.

A man with a skin head and leather jacket talks to a woman with a skin head against a metal fence with grafitti on a wall in the background: "Heroin Raus!" [heroin out]; a warning about the dangers of sharing needles and contracting AIDS by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by R. Warzecha, M. Jahreiss and D. Pusch.

A field of poppies and a white bra floating against a red sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; Italian version of a series of Stop AIDS campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health , in collaboration with the Aiuto AIDS Svizzero. Colour lithograph.

Central Independent Television

Ministry of Health reports

DAWN (Drugs Alcohol Women Nationally)

Asian Institute of Technology

Drugs, politics, and diplomacy : the international connection / edited by Luiz R.S. Simmons, Abdul A. Said.

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Heroin

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Images referencing Heroin

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Central Independent Television

Ministry of Health reports

DAWN (Drugs Alcohol Women Nationally)

Asian Institute of Technology

Drugs, politics, and diplomacy : the international connection / edited by Luiz R.S. Simmons, Abdul A. Said.

Heroin

Images from the collections

Images referencing Heroin

Works from the collections

Central Independent Television

Ministry of Health reports

DAWN (Drugs Alcohol Women Nationally)

Asian Institute of Technology

Drugs, politics, and diplomacy : the international connection / edited by Luiz R.S. Simmons, Abdul A. Said.

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