Good news about drug addiction here...
BBC News - Heroin use in young people drops
The number of new heroin and crack addicts has sharply declined over the last 5/6 years, but heroin and crack addicts still make up the majority (80%) of the nearly 200,000 people undergoing drug treatment in this country. Still about 40,000 people being treated for using other drugs making research into these substances to discover more about their possible effects and addictive properties important.