Opiate Abuse

• Future Opioids  - Article talks about the development of opium use and its harmful effects. Also includes list of references.
• Heroin  - Contains brief description, effects and other street names of the opium derivative.
• Heroin Awareness Foundation  - Organization provides information, encouragement and resources for individuals affected by drug abuse. Also includes history of the opium derivative.
• Heroin Times  - Online magazine about heroin and heroin addiction.
• Heroin-Addiction.ca  - Offers help to find heroin treatments for each state in the U.S.
• International Center for Advancement of Addiction Treatment  - Promotes humane treatment of people who are living with opioid dependency. Also features treatment methods and medication for substance dependence.
• Opiates  - Provides information on street names and possible effects of heroin use. Also contains images of poppy seeds used for opium production.
• Opium Kings  - Chronicles Burma’s heroin trade and the rise and fall of warlord Khun Sa. Also contains maps and charts of drug trade routes in area.
• Our Wall  - Contains lists of people who died from heroin overdose. Also provides history of fatalities.
• Turn To Help  - Offers a brief overview on how opioid drugs and certain painkillers may lead to dependence in some people. Also links to a prescription medicine, Suboxone, which helps suppress withdrawal symptoms.