Alcohol deaths worldwide overshadow drug deaths by a large margin. Opiods are the biggest share at 70%

WHO has 3 million deaths linked to alcohol [1] vs .5 million for narcotics.

[1] https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/alcohol [2] https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/opioid-over...