Luke 17:28-30 “Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built” but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
A report released in the wake of the heroin overdose of Oscar winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman shows that over 70 million Americans are addicted to some kind of mind altering drugs.
While the vast number of addictions is initially to prescription painkillers such as Oxycontin, many of the addicts find their way to illegal drugs such as heroin because they are cheaper and provide many of the same effects.
The study says that if you include the 60 million Americans who are alcoholics, 130 total Americans daily are under the influence of some kind of mind-altering drug.
The study did not take into account people who are now using marijuana in the wake of legalization in Colorado and Washington. Several other states are also considering legalization of the drug including California. Stock prices for companies that grow cannabis have soared since the beginning of the year.
The Department of Health and Human Services reports that in the average year, 30 million Americans drive drunk and an additional 10 million drive while under the influence of drugs.
