Government measures that artificially preserve native cultures through a system of reservations and ethnic welfare produce extreme states of social degeneration.

Addicts structure their life around their drug needs. They fashion a system of justification and denial to hide their dependency and legitimize their behavior. Societies are social organisms that can also suffer from addictions. When they do, their justifications are expressed through mainstream media, the prevalent culture and official discourse. The physical symptoms of their dependency are economic.