You took two endpoints 25 years apart and claim use "shot up" 30%!? You're a worse weasel than MrLeRoy ... and that says something!
Fine. How about we just go ahead and illustrate it this way, shall we:
1979 - 128,000
1982 - 162,000
2004 - 166,000
That OK with you? Oh, by the way. These numbers are so ridiculously small in a nation of 300,000,000 citizens, arguing about some supposed 30% increase from .07% to .09%, and why that happened, is a waste of time. I hope you agree.
Like this weasel who cherry picks the peak year in the NSDUH survey 25 years ago to measure success?-- Overall drug use dropped 60% from its high in 1979 and has remained relatively flat for the last 15 years. That's how I measure success.
Oh, by the way. These numbers are so ridiculously small in a nation of 300,000,000 citizens, arguing about some supposed 30% increase from .07% to .09%, and why that happened, is a waste of time.
Heh heh, so I guess heroin is just a teeny-tiny problem.