How would one possibly determine what percentage of people get addicted to opioids ? What the term people designates is pretty important here . All people , regardless of opiate use ? Any person that has ingested any opiate for any reason , even once ? Only people that have taken it recreationally ? People that have used a certain amount , or for a certain time period ? Not trying to talk shit about asking for a source , thats always good , its just that sometimes people are stating things its impossible to measure accurately . Any source providing this statistic is crap . If its a different but similarsounding statistic , well , the wording matters . <| sep |> I think we ' re already there and have been for quite some time .