[robertpaulsen]

That heroin use was a problem -- therefore they need more money.

100,000 addicts won't get you as much money as a million addicts. So they grabbed the larger number. As did you.

Ah, here's the footnote:

"As with cocaine, estimates for the size of the hardcore heroin using population are derived from mathematical models rather than probability-based population survey estimates."

A mathematical model. Well, color me convinced. Especially by this:

"As expected, given this alternative criterion for truthful reporting, truthfulness by heroin users is greater than truthfulness for cocaine users."

"Thus, let TRUTH = 0.73 for heroin and 0.61 for cocaine. Then an adjusted estimate for the number of heavy users equals:"

See, they compensate for truthfulness. (With some random number.) MUCH better than an actual survey. Sure it is.

[Ken H]

If you are going to indict the DOJ numbers, then isn't the whole DOJ guilty? And if the DOJ is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our justice system in general? I put it to you, robertpaulsen, isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do what you want to me, but I'm not going to sit here and listen to you bad-mouth the United States of America!