Addiction is not the root cause of a person’s problems, but rather is symptomatic of deeper issues, many of them collective. The very existence of an “opioid epidemic,” for that matter, is indicative of a common denominator—systemic issues informed and perpetuated by the economy, the criminal justice system, the media, and a lack of human connection. If we’re to tackle opioid dependence at a societal level, then we’re missing the mark if we treat each case of addiction as an individualized disease—no matter how psychedelic a medicine we use.