Drug addiction was obviously a convenient way to make the slaves forget their aches and fears, to keep them everlasting anxious to please whatever was necessary to make sure the precious, deadly ration never stopped.
Just one puff of the magic dragon could ease their burdens for an entire day.
mnli hypothesis: Just one puff of the magic dragon could ease their burdens for an entire day. premise: Drug addiction was obviously a convenient way to make the slaves forget their aches and fears, to keep them everlasting anxious to please whatever was necessary to make sure the precious, deadly ration never stopped.