Correct and which also means over 8% of Americans over age 12 suffer from the disease of substance abuse regardless of the substance - a huge number given that gays are something like 1-4%, Blacks 12%, Hispanics 14% (again, I don’t claim to have the exact census percentages - I only use the numbers for rough correlations.)
Right ... but while the 6% addicted to the legal drug alcohol are well worth keeping in mind, they have no direct bearing on the chart in post #11 (on whose figures you commented). U.S. drug control spending wouldn't be expected to have an effect on a non-'controlled' (albeit regulated) drug's addiction rates.