...  accounted for 83% of admissions for injection Drug Addiction, followed by methamphetamine/amphetamine (11%), and cocaine (5%) Among 1999 injected drug admissions, persons admitted for injecting opiates averaged 14 years of use before entering treatment for the first time. Those admitted for injecting methamphetamine/amphetamine averaged 12 years, and for cocaine 13 years. http://www.usnodrugs.com/drug-addiction-statistics.htm Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!     Russell Brand Tells MPs Drug Addiction Should Be Treated As Illness – Comedian Russell Brand has told MPs on the Home Affairs Select Committee addiction should be treated as an illness instead of a crime. The 36-year-old who sa…  Tags: russell brand, drug use, legal drugs, illicit drug, drug addiction, united state, illicit drugs ...