The DEA, AMA and other involved agencies disagree with your numbers. No where did I say that all people on pain pills will become heroin addicts, but it doesn't take many of the vast number of people that get addicted to pain pills to move on to make heroin a major problem. Remember, after its Heydays in the 60's it had largely been replaced by Cocaine as the drug of choice until Pain meds became all the rage in the last decade or so. Now Cocaine has been replaced by heroin and meth. Unless you work in the field, you have no concept how many addicts we have running around today. Many are fully functional and only look "off" when they are not high.