[Paladin2]

So, actions of the State cause anxiety in the populace.

The populace can't get rid of the despotic government and seeks chemical anxiety amelioration.

The gov't send the populace off to the gulags.

[OneWingedShark]

The populace can't get rid of the despotic government and seeks chemical anxiety amelioration.

You've basically just summed up my theory as to why alcoholism goes up in tyrannical governments.