12.7 percent of all U.S households. 6.1 million U.S. households suffer from severe food insecurity, which means the people who live in them are often hungry.
Food insecurity is not the same as starvation. If, as you say,the same people can afford drugs then having not enough food is an option.
At the same time in
#USA, about 50% of food, bought and paid for, ends up in a dumpster.
