where can I find statistics about drug addiction in the United States?

Question by Dre D: where can I find statistics about drug addiction in the United States?
like how many people in the U.S. are addicts?

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Answer by grundlegoat
thats kind of tricky because a lot of addicts don’t think they are addicts because they have prescriptions, don’t know they have a problem, or just aren’t ready to admit they have a problem.

http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/Infofaxindex.html
http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nhsda.htm

are you also wanting to count recovering addicts? because we are still addicts – just not in active addiction

Answer by Rosebudd
check out C.D.C. website or DEA.

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