That's not the focus of the story, the focus is on drug addiction. It makes more sense to put the death at the end because then you have an escalation up to death. If you start at death then everything else is a let down. (In terms of story.)
e.g. When Trump was finally indicted they found his crimes included littering, tax evasion, sexual assault and murder.
vs
When Trump was finally indicted they found his crimes included murder, sexual assault, tax evasion and littering.
It's same information but there's more impact to build up than to start at the top and then taper off.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
That's not the focus of the story, the focus is on drug addiction. It makes more sense to put the death at the end because then you have an escalation up to death. If you start at death then everything else is a let down. (In terms of story.)
e.g. When Trump was finally indicted they found his crimes included littering, tax evasion, sexual assault and murder.
vs
When Trump was finally indicted they found his crimes included murder, sexual assault, tax evasion and littering.
It's same information but there's more impact to build up than to start at the top and then taper off.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~