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Heroin
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Overviews
- Treatment
- Clinical Trials
- Research
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
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- Organizations
- Statistics
- Children
- Teenagers
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Heroin (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
Also available in: Spanish - Heroin Abuse and Addiction (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
Also available in: Spanish
Overviews
- Overviews
- Heroin (Office of National Drug Control Policy)
- Heroin Fast Facts (National Drug Intelligence Center)
Also available in: Spanish
Treatment
- Treatment
- Buprenorphine Approval Expands Options for Addiction Treatment (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
- Methadone (Office of National Drug Control Policy) - Links to PDF
- New Approaches Seek To Expand Naltrexone Use in Heroin Treatment (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
- Office-Based Therapy for Opiate Addiction Successful: Option Can Increase Number of Patients Seeking Treatment (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
- Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
Also available in: Spanish - Subutex and Suboxone Approved to Treat Opiate Dependence (Food and Drug Administration)
- Types of Treatment (Drug Addiction) (Office of National Drug Control Policy)
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Heroin Dependence (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Substance-Related Disorders (National Institutes of Health)
Research
- Research
- Brief Encounters Can Provide Motivation to Reduce or Stop Drug Abuse (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade: Heroin (Office of National Drug Control Policy)
Directories
- Directories
- Buprenorphine Physician Locator (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
Organizations
- Organizations
- Drug Enforcement Administration
- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Office of National Drug Control Policy
- Partnership for a Drug-Free America
Statistics
- Statistics
- Characteristics of Primary Heroin Injection and Inhalation Admissions: 2002 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Heroin Treatment Admissions in Urban and Rural Areas (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- HeroinChanges In How It Is Used: 1992-2002 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- High School and Youth Trends (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
- New Heroin Users Admitted to Treatment: 1992 - 2000 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Nonmedical Oxycodone Users: A Comparison with Heroin Users (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- Pulse Check Trends in Drug Abuse November 2002: Heroin (Office of National Drug Control Policy)
- Treatment Admissions Increase for Opiates, Marijuana, Methamphetamine in 2002 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
Teenagers
- Teenagers
- Mind Over Matter - The Brain's Response to Opiates (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
- Tips For Teens: The Truth about Heroin (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- What's Up with Heroin? (Drug Enforcement Administration)