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A narcotic is a powerful drug that affects the brain and body, with heroin being a well-known example in this category. Narcotics matter because they can be highly addictive and dangerous, which is why their use and distribution are strictly controlled by law.
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- United Nations
- Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961
- INCB Yellow List
- World Health Organization
- Lexicon of alcohol and drug terms published by the World Health Organization
- United States
- ''U.S. v. Stieren''
- History
- Analgesics
- Narcotic analgesics
- Mechanism
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Heroin, a powerful opioid and narcotic
The term narcotic (, from ancient Greek ναρκῶ narkō, "I make numb") originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with numbing or paralyzing properties. In the United States, it has since become associated with opiates and opioids, commonly morphine and heroin, as well as derivatives of many of the compounds found within raw opium latex.