Comicomment: Why United States drug problem hard to eradicate

(ECNS)--The challenge posed by drug use is an international one, but it is most acute in the United States. Twelve percent of global drug users are from the country, which is three times the proportion of the U.S. population to that of the world. According to the CDC, in the year following the outbreak of the pandemic (from April 2020 to April 2021), more than 100,000 people in the United States died from drug overdose.

Drug abuse has become one of the most serious public health crises in the United States. While the federal and state governments in the U.S. claim to be committed to controlling drug abuse, in fact, they have been extremely lenient in their response to the problem due to lobbying by various interest groups.

The United States should face its own problem squarely, take actions to deal with the domestic issue of prevalent drug abuse, and protect the American people's right to life and health, instead of shying away from the problem.