How to Use heroin in a Sentence

heroin

noun
  • Want to know why heroin feels so good, but don’t want to do a bump?
    — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
  • When pills became scarce, heroin filled the void.
    — Michele Steeb, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The dad said his son has struggled with heroin use off and on for a decade.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The suspect said the heroin and pipe were his but not the rest of the items.
    — cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Treating a vape pen the same as heroin is a failure of common sense.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • There’s an availability to it that is not the case with heroin or crack.
    — Sam Quinones, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2021
  • That feeling of having a room full of people laugh, that is like heroin to me.
    — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Nine were tied to heroin and the rest to prescription drugs or a mix of substances.
    — Megan Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2023
  • The study found that cannabis use was very common among those who were dependent on heroin.
    — Dr. Khushali Jhaveri, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Kennedy has spoken openly about his use of heroin, an opioid.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The woman was still inside the room, which had heroin and methamphetamine in plain view.
    — cleveland, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Not even heroin, opium, and methamphetamine will be able to solve the problem.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 24 Aug. 2021
  • What will the city do when another bad batch of heroin goes through the city and kills more people?
    — Andrea O'Connor, Baltimore Sun, 13 Nov. 2024
  • His nephew, Michael, died from fentanyl and heroin use a few years ago in his 30s.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2022
  • This was the era of heroin chic, and simply by having breasts, Winslet’s body type went against the grain.
    — Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The law included fentanyl and heroin for those found to have 10 grams or less.
    — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
  • That same night, according to the film, Gregg overdosed on heroin.
    — Steve Bloom, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026
  • The man told police the woman is a prostitute who is known to abuse heroin and crack cocaine.
    — cleveland, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The sacks held more than 10 pounds of the fake pills and about five-and-a-half pounds of heroin, the affidavit said.
    — oregonlive, 20 Jan. 2023
  • And fentanyl, a painkiller that can be 50 times as strong as heroin, is one of the most common targets.
    — Brett Kelman, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • It is commonly mixed into other drugs like heroin.
    — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Negron later blamed his heroin addiction in part for the falling out.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Suboxone is meant to ease people off opioids like heroin and fentanyl.
    — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Windley, a heroin dealer with a lengthy criminal record, headed to the store with cash that day, ready to buy a stove.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • There would be heroin dens and gay bars and this underbelly of popular culture at the time.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
  • The second wave started in 2010 due to a sharp spike in overdose deaths due to heroin.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Medical records showed Mensing used crack cocaine and heroin, Brown said.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
  • His bag was also allegedly found to contain heroin, which weighed around 11 lbs.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
  • Every person who finds a path away from fentanyl, heroin and other deadly drugs matters.
    — Chris Carroll, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026
  • That effort came to an end as Edwards struggled with a heroin addiction.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 16 June 2026

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