From this article: https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/519/filling-the-void https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/519/filling-the-void "The true source of dr

From this article: https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/519/filling-the-void https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/519/filling-the-void "The true source of drug addiction: a society organized around the quest for wealth and geopolitical power, which creates enormous dislocation. This pursuit of wealth and power inevitably produces widespread addiction, which we insist on calling a “drug problem.”" We live in a society where record numbers of people are lonely, depressed, and disconnected. We worship consumerism and the economy, and idolize weirdo greedlords like Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump. Increased opioid regulation has had the effect of forcing a lot of people who are in pain to suffer even more. The addictions that plague our society won't go away until we fix the underlying problems that make people so vulnerable in the first place.