Eli5 Why do people “cook” heroin before injecting?

Question

I’ve seen people heat up heroin on spoons in movies and stories about drugs but I don’t know what that actually does.

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Answer 1

It makes it taste better in your veins. (I.e. cooked broccoli vs. raw broccoli)

Also im just kidding it makes it dissolve and also kills some bacteria that may be in it. Heroin is bad don’t even try it once unless you want to sell every possession you own until you are living in the street with nothjng left in horrible pain and withdrawels.