Heroin or Heroic what did you say …

German company Bayer pharmaceutical discovered the drug which created a revolution . Heroin how it got its name is an interesting story discovered by Hoffman an employee of Bayer pharmaceuticals the drug was tested on the employees of company itself and when asked how are they feeling the response of employees was we are feeling Heroic thus the drug got its name Heroin .

It is an astonishing fact that this drug is normally available in stores for sale after its discovery in early 90″s . It is marketed by Bayer pharmaceuticals labelled as a non addictive substance but it has a potentially high addictive potency than any other known compound .

The drug was used by the soldiers in war before attacking the enemy as well as by the wounded soldiers .

It costs 10 billion dollars in America alone to control its trafficking .

Now the Afghanistan is major exporter of the drug . Traffickers are taking benefits of war in Afghanistan to export the drugs illegally about 3 million Afgans are involved in business .

A treaty has been signed on narcotics according to which the use of Drug other than medical purpose is illegal in any country across the globe .