Soundwave on 16 February 2017
| numberwang said: In the US more than 52,404 people died last year of drug overdose, 4x as many who died by gun homicides (13000 excluding suicides). Even heroin alone kills more Americans than guns. It is by far not just some people smoking a doobie. Heroin deaths rose 23 percent in one year, to 12,989, slightly higher than the number of gun homicides... Overall, overdose deaths rose 11 percent last year, to 52,404. Gun deaths, including homicides and suicides, totaled 36,252, up 7 percent. https://www.statnews.com/2016/12/09/opoid-overdose-deaths-us/ |
88,000 people die from alcohol related deaths a year too, that dwarfs both drug overdoses and guns.
https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/alcohol-facts-and-statistics
