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Heroin Production. Most heroin originates from opium poppy farms in SW Asia (the Golden Crescent, primarily Afghanistan and Pakistan), SE Asia (the Golden Triangle, primarily in Myanmar), and Latin American (primarily Colombia).
1 Heroin belongs to a class of drugs known as opioids, along with opium, codeine, morphine, methadone, and oxycodone.2  Heroin can come as a white or brownish powder (sometimes grainy) or as a dark brown substance (sometimes sticky) known as tar or black tar. Heroin can come as a white or brownish powder (sometimes grainy) or as a dark brown substance (sometimes sticky) known as tar or black tar. 2  Heroin is usually cut with other substances, some of which may be even stronger than heroin. 3  Purity is always inconsistent, even within one batch.