[dagnysdildo]

Bruce K. Alexander's rat park experiments suggest that even when a person isn't struggling with a diagnosible condition like bipolar disorder they can still become "bonded" (or "addicted" if you insist) if they can't bond in a satisfactory (for them) manner to anybody or anything else.

http://www.brucekalexander.com/articles-speeches/rat-park/14...

Maybe drugs aren't the problem. Maybe modern life isn't worth living for a significant percentage of the population, and they're bonding with drugs for want of a better coping mechanism?

How many lonely people do you know? How many of them cope using food, sex, video games, work, etc? It isn't just drugs. We're all prisoners, we don't know how to break free (or are afraid to do so) so we settle for copping a fix of whatever will stop the screams inside our heads for a little while.