The medical use of diacetylmorphine, in common with other strong opioids such as morphine, fentanyl and oxycodone, is controlled in the UK by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. In the UK, it is a class A controlled drug and as such is subject to guidelines surrounding its storage, administration and destruction.eroin is mentioned in hundreds of films. Sometimes the use or trafficking of the drug is the central theme of the film but many times it is almost incidental as part of a crime in a police drama, for example. 1  1957 film Monkey on My Back based on the book about his addiction by boxer Barney Ross.