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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).
Heroin is derived from morphine, a naturally occurring substance that can be extracted from the seedpods of some varieties of poppy plants. Heroin goes by the chemical name diacetylmorphine, and it's the fastest-acting of the opiate drugs.eroin is derived from morphine, a naturally occurring substance that can be extracted from the seedpods of some varieties of poppy plants. Heroin goes by the chemical name diacetylmorphine, and it's the fastest-acting of the opiate drugs.