Drug prohibition

In 2023, according to a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United States is the world's largest drug consumer, and about 60% of the drugs produced globally are imported into the United States. Last year, approximately 109,600 people died from drug overdoses in the United States. This number not only set a record, but was also more than the number of people who died in gunshots and car accidents in the United States that year combined. "Fortune" magazine bluntly stated that drugs have become the largest public health problem in the United States.