Is heroin natural or man-made

Answer 1

Heroin (also known as diacetylmorphine) is semi-synthetic, which means it is derived from a naturally occurring opiate. The only fully natural opiates, that are found in the resin of opium poppies, are morphine, codeine and thebaine (which is nothing like the other two). OpiATES are fully naturally occurring, whereas opiOIDS are created from the naturally occurring opiates. There are also fully synthetic opioids which are entirely man made, such as fentanyl. Heroin is a semi-synthetic opioid that was created through synthesizing morphine in the late 1800's. So no, heroin can not be found in nature.

Answer 2

Oh, dude, heroin is actually derived from morphine, which comes from the opium poppy plant. So, technically, it's a natural substance... if you consider a plant that can make you feel like you're floating on a cloud to be natural. But, like, let's be real, it's definitely not something you'd find growing in your backyard garden next to the tomatoes.

Answer 3

heroin is a natural substance as it is extracted from seed pods in variety of poppy plants