A drug index that is searchable by name of drug, action, interaction, or brand. This is a good resource of information, if you don't mind the offers of a 24-hour online pharmacy.
http://www.rxlist.com/

Another drug index. This one is run through the Medical College of Wisconsin. Also includes a list of WWW drug information resources.
http://www.intmed.mcw.edu/drug.html

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/heroin/opiates.htm provides abundant information about opioids and opiates. Includes an interesting history of opiate use in America and of the first legislation banning opium. The site is produced through the Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNET), which, as its name implies, is pro-drug reform. The DRCNET's Drug Library claims to be the world's largest online library of drug policy. There's interesting stuff here, whatever your bent.
http://www.drcnet.org/.

The same DRCNET site -- http://www.drcnet.org/ -- leads to information about the American Society for Action on Pain. ASAP is a group of chronic pain patients and others who advocate improved access to adequate pain control.

The American Pain Society (APS) is a 20-year old professional organization. It does advocacy work and also offers resources for both chronic pain patients and the professionals who treat them.
http://www.ampainsoc.org/

The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) is another association of professionals engaged in the treatment of pain patients. Its home page links to the AAPM's and APS's joint consensus statement on the use of opioids for chronic pain.
http://www.painmed.org/

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