In Aldous Huxley’s 1932 masterpiece Brave New World the population of the World State is kept happy, occupied, and in-line with the use of a drug the characters call Soma. It is ubiquitous, with nearly everyone relying on the drug for pleasure and pain relief. That was nearly ninety years ago, and Huxley’s worries have never been more pertinent.   While the 2016 election rages on, America is experiencing some of the highest drug addiction and overdose rates in history, with the total amount of opioid addictions alone hovering around 6 percent of the general public. The vast majority of opioids are legal under the law for medical use like pain relief. This includes drugs like fentanyl, which is an elephant tranquilizer more powerful than heroin. In fact, a recent batch of heroin laced with fentanyl has been killing just about everybody that comes in contact with it in Ohio.   If you anyone you know is addicted to opioids, please call United Drug Rehab Group immediately so we can set you up with a consultation at the ideal drug rehab center for the needs of the situation.   So what is being done to combat this epidemic? Not nearly enough. Next year the DEA is cutting back opioid production by 25 percent because the demand is down, but this contrasts with their willingness to overproduce prescription opioids over the past three years. The lack of “demand” is admittedly due…