United States Drugs Stats

Annual cannabis use: Estimate of percentage of 15-64 year old population who use Cannabis.
HIV testing amongst drug users: Estimated percentage of injecting drug users who have been tested for HIV.
Lifetime cannabis use: Adult lifetime cannabis use.
Opiates use: Annual prevalence.

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STAT	AMOUNT	DATE	RANK
Annual cannabis use	13.7%	2009	1st out of 8
HIV testing amongst drug users	46.8%	2012	12th out of 24
Lifetime cannabis use	51.6%	2010	1st out of 1
Opiates use	0.57%	2009	3rd out of 3

SOURCES: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/WDR2011/World_Drug_Report_2011_ebook.pdf, World Drug Report 2011, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2011, p. 217.; Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Source tables; Mostly Table GPS-8 Part (i) ''Lifetime prevalence of drug use among all adults (aged 15 to 64 years old) in nationwide surveys among the general population'' EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction) unless otherwise referred on Wikipedia: Adult lifetime cannabis use by country; Wikipedia: List of countries by prevalence of opiates use ("World Drug Report 2011" . United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 2011. "World Drug Report 2006" . United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 2006. http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2009/WDR2009_eng_web.pdf)

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