[DiogenesLamp]

I simply ignore any figures you cite. I ignore any “truths” you proclaim. You are a trouble maker who is intent on misleading people about drugs. I’ve dealt with your upside down switchback logic plenty of times before, and I’m not going to waste my time playing these loopy loop word games with you.

[ConservingFreedom]

As you've said, "Till someone presents an argument that there are better figures, I will have no choice but to use what is available."

What's available says that addiction was low and declining in post-Civil War America: "In 1880 [...] there were over 400,000 opium addicts in the U.S. [...] By 1900, about one American in 200 was either a cocaine or opium addict." (http://web.archive.org/web/20110529221013/http://www.justice.gov/dea/demand/speakout/06so.htm) 400,000 in a population of 50M is one in 125 - ergo, between 1880 and 1900 addiction declined. [emphasis added]

I simply ignore any figures you cite.

My figures are from the DEA - are they libertarian propagandists too?