About Famous Heroin Addicts

This gallery of famous heroin addicts shows that drug addiction can happen to virtually anyone, even someone who seems to have it all. Heroin is one of the most addictive and dangerous drugs available, and those who manage not to lose their lives while using the drug still lose a lot. Some of the stars in this slideshow have passed on and some are still struggling. A few have managed to kick heroin and offer everyone hope that you can survive by taking life one day at a time.

Once the lead singer of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain's painful heroin addiction was well publicized, and it may have played a role in his untimely death.