"why don't we see skyrocketing prison/homelessness/etc as a consequence of people not being able to have these drugs" Look at crime numbers in the past. You ma

"why don't we see skyrocketing prison/homelessness/etc as a consequence of people not being able to have these drugs" Look at crime numbers in the past. You may notice that crime has been dropping for decades. As for people without criminal tendencies, there used to be good jobs for people without a high school diploma, that would enable a person to raise a family in a good town in a nice house with one income. And of course a lot of people with untreated ADHD probably died young from reckless behavior.