Illegal drugs are expected to be one of the biggest threats to national security in 2024 as overdose deaths topped 100,000 in the last year, according to the Department of Homeland Security's annual threat study. "While terrorists pose an enduring threat to the Homeland, drugs kill and harm far more people in the United States annually," the report states. It is expected that fentanyl will remain the leading cause of narcotics-related deaths in the U.S. in 2024, according to the report. Ransomware and cyberattacks are also a focus of DHS' threat landscape. Illegal drugs expected to be top national security threat in 2024: DHS originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News September 14, 2023 19:35 UTC