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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).
Morphine and heroin are both derived from the opiate poppy. Heroin was first synthesized from morphine back in 1874, and was touted as a safe alternative treatment for morphine addiction. We now know that, once injected, heroin is converted by the body into morphine. So physiologically, they are the same thing.