You put all things under his feet. For in making man the ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now. Hebrews 2:8 Bible in Basic English version
Just something I picked up over the years. Relevant to your post, maybe? Genesis 1:29
True... when as Christians we pray “Thy kingdom come” we should match our efforts to our prayers.
In general, bringing a gospel view of the creation to as many people as possible, will also mitigate issues of abuse of the creation.
It’s an old hobby horse of mine, but I really do believe the modern church offloaded things to Caesar it never should have. In fact, it should have offloaded those things to Christ, with prayer.
But this situation is still not too late to remedy. To pray to God for help with a national drug abuse problem is exactly what we should be doing, even if we are only doing it now as a “last resort.” Better late than never.