President Donald Trump has attributed a U.S. military strike on a Venezuelan vessel to a drug overdose epidemic, , claiming "300 million people died last year from drugs." But the estimated number of deaths for the world for the year 2024 was actually 62.4 million.
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Trump Claims 300 Million People Died of Drug Overdoses Last Year. There Were Only 62 Million Deaths Globally in 2024