heroin: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Live Science - Heroin Facts: Effects, Addiction and Treatment. | Sep 26, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Canada.ca - Heroin. | Jul 18, 2026 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Heroin. | Mar 30, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: United Nations - Office on Drugs and Crime - History of Heroin. | Feb 19, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Heroin and its metabolites: relevance to heroin use disorder. | Oct 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Healthdirect - Heroin. | Aug 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - Heroin. | Jan 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Translational Psychiatry - Heroin and its metabolites: relevance to heroin use disorder. | Nov 21, 2024 | ||
| Moved an image to a different location within the article. | Sep 12, 2024 | ||
| Added a banner to the opioid crisis site. | Sep 12, 2024 | ||
| Photo added. | Aug 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Better Health Channel - Heroin. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Links added. | Jun 29, 2023 | ||
| Removed media. | Nov 01, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Alcohol and Drug Foundation - Drug Facts - Heroin. | Apr 06, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - Heroin. | Apr 06, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: None. | Feb 27, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 28, 2017 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Healthguide - Heroin Overdose. | Sep 29, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 14, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 12, 2004 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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