Chemistry:Homebake (slang)

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Homebake is a slang name used in New Zealand and Australia for a crude mix of heroin, morphine and monoacetylated derivatives produced from pharmaceutical morphine tablets or morphine that has been produced through the demethylation of codeine when it is difficult to obtain heroin.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ New Zealand Institute of Chemistry. Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals Documents. Opiate Chemistry and Metabolism Page accessed April 3, 2016
  2. ↑ Bedford KR et al. The illicit preparation of morphine and heroin from pharmaceutical products containing codeine: 'homebake' laboratories in New Zealand. Forensic Sci Int. 1987 Jul;34(3):197-204. PMID 3666623




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