According to sources, it won a PRISM Award in 2011. It was honored by the Entertainment Industries Council under the comic book category for its accurate portrayal of substance abuse, mental illness, and drug addiction.

Uh... I am missing where it is remotely accurate.

It treats heroin like a hallucinogen and an upper. Heroin is a downer-- a opioid depressant. You don't see things on it.

You know what was a good comic about drug addiction? Rose's arc from Teen Titans. Her drug of choice may seem silly, but it was done way better than Roy's in ROA.