[JmyBryan]

Part of this is because drug and alcohol addicts often do not recognize that they have a problem, the report said. "Over 94 percent of people with substance use disorders who did not receive treatment did not believe they needed treatment," the report reads.

Or maybe they really don't have a problem. Or, is a user necessarily an addict?

[AntiGuv]

My impulse was to alter the title from the loaded "abuser" to the more accurate "user" - but I decided to adhere to my rule of posting threads without prejudgment..

[eno_]

Ding! Correct. Out of about 20 million user of illegal drugs, 75% were pot smokers. 10% tooted coke, and about 5% did Ecstacy. While there is some overlap in those number, that leaves really hazardous drug taking, like needle drugs and crack, as a pursuit of those that are generally undeterred by any laws.

In other words, the War on (some) Drugs is money we might as well have put in a big pile and set on fire.