For once  I agree with Jane that we lack rituals in our society.  We have 
throun them to the wind.  TAke for example the transition from adolescence to 
adulthood.  Many societies have formal rituals.  WE laclk these.  Another 
problem with our present society is that we have gotten separated from the 
land.  We no longer work within the family at teh same enterprise as farm 
families did.  We no longer have appreciaion for the land and teh 
environment.  I don't think I'm far afield from the question of drug 
addiction either.  A large part of societies dependence on drugs, whether 
legal or illegal is because of lack of structure through rituals and lack of 
relatedness through breakdown of the family, a basic  societal institution.  
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