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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).
Although much of it is consumed in Asia, thousands of kilograms of Southeast Asian heroin enter the United States each year. The chemical structure of opiates is very similar to that of naturally produced compounds called endorphinsand enkephalins.