The World’s Epicenter of Drug Overdoses Pt. 1

Bonsu Thompson
3 min readMar 10, 2022

Why and how America leads the globe in narcotic-related death

Photo by Hal Gatewood on Unsplash

Nowhere in the world are people dying more from drugs than in the United States. When it comes to unintentional narcotic overdoses, the land of the red, white and blue stands perched as undisputed global leader. Last year, over 100,000 Americans died from substance abuse. That total becomes even more polarizing when compared…

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Bonsu Thompson

Bonsu Thompson is a writer, producer, Brooklynite and 2019 Sundance Screenwriters Lab fellow.