[salawat]

>It is not too much of a stretch to suppose people are actually in more pain. This does not mean that the right thing to do is to allow the pharma industry to push pills on people, but if the underlying issues that cause this pain are not addressed people in pain are just going to move on to more alcohol and street drugs.

Then by all means, let the sweeping political change commence, deconsolidation of the economy occur, unwind a few decades of M&A's, and let's get to fixing the social problems.

Throwing drugs at the issue won't make it go away, I'm stuck on one. I know where that road leads if you don't take due care in management and listening to the impact of your behavior on those around you. The fact is, these drugs may be good for some people, and I welcome them to use them, but due care needs to be exercised in not using them unwisely.