Heroin

This 25 page document on heroin includes information of interest to patients and caregivers, policy makers, and state and local community leaders. Published by the National Institute on Drug Abuse in 2018, it covers topics such as scope of heroin use in the United States, the effects of heroin use including medical complications, heroin use in pregnant women, the relationship between heroin use and risk of contracting HIV/AIDS or hepatitis B and C, heroin overdoses, and options for treating heroin use disorder.

Funding Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health