“It’s 300[,000], 350,000 people died last year from drugs.”
What FactCheck.org found
A spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told us the provisional number of drug overdose deaths in 2024 was 79,383, and an expert in addiction medicine told us Trump’s number was “a gross exaggeration.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 5 September 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 12 September 2025, 7 days later. Its rating was “Exaggerated”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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