10 most common illegal drugs used around the world – You need to see #1 (With Pictures)

3. Heroin

A semi-synthetic product derived from certain poppy species e.g. Papaver somniferum, heroin is a highly addictive and dangerous opiate. Originally created to help cure people of morphine addiction, it has become known as “the world’s most destructive drug”.

Highly addictive, it can be ingested by intravenous injection, smoking, snorting, even anal or vaginal insertion. Its effects often lead to users committing crimes just to get a fix. Afghanistan is the world’s largest opium poppy cultivator, with the total area under opium poppy cultivation estimated to be 224,000 hectares. This represented an increase of about 30,000 hectares from 2014.