Animated diagrams illustrate how heroin affects brain functioning and induces addiction.

Various types of information regarding how it is taken and its effects on the body.

Opioids and mental health.

Overview of signs of addiction, living with a user, safer injecting, overdose, hepatitis, withdrawal/treatment, effects, women's issues, message board, chat room, pen pals, remembrance page, stories, books, and useful contacts.

Offers information about the effects of this drug, and consequences of abuse.

Objective information about heroin and its use for users and their loved ones.

A support site for those trying to break free of any substance addiction. Administered by ex-addicts.

HeroinTimes covers the heroin lifestyle from heroin detox to the world wide treatment referral network and recovery.

Research report, fact sheet, articles, a series for younger teeneagers, and other publications from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

This site deals with efforts to prevent HIV infection among injecting drug users in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union through the philosophy of harm reduction.

Yang's Therapy is a heroin detoxification program

Designed for healthcare professionals worldwide. We offer medical, legal, and policy information on opiate dependency and treatment.

General information on Opiates and abuse.

FAQs on the common opiate drugs and opium derivatives.

Our Wall is a memorial for all our loved ones we've lost to heroin.

Frequently asked questions about heroin.

If you must use drugs, these tips may make drug use less dangerous.

Filmmaker Adrian Cowell's 30-year chronicle of Burma's heroin trade and the rise and fall of the drug warlord Khun Sa.