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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Created by Bayer, diacetylmorphine was marketed as Heroin based on the German heroisch which means "heroic, strong" (from the ancient Greek word "heros, ήρως"). Bayer scientists were not the first to make heroin, but their scientists discovered ways to make it, and Bayer led the commercialization of heroin.

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