How does the drug culture affect a person's morality?
The drug culture destroys morality. Where drugs are present, murder and constant theft follow, as addicts rob and steal to support their habit. Once involved in that wicked culture, morality means nothing, and immorality grows grosser daily. Scripture links sorcery to pharmakia, meaning drugs.
Les explains that the word "sorceries" in this verse comes from the Greek pharmakia, which gives us the English word pharmacy, pointing to drugs. He reads it as listing murders, drugs, immorality, and thefts together, describing the typical drug culture. Where drugs exist, murder and theft follow because addicts must rob and steal to support their habit. Once people are involved in that wicked culture, morality means nothing, and their immorality gets grosser by the day.
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
More Questions
Why does immorality increase in a drug culture?
In a drug culture, morality becomes meaningless, and immorality grows grosser by the day.
Why do people in a drug culture steal?
People caught up in drugs commit constant thefts in order to support their drug habit.
Why do drug cultures have constant thefts?
Along with drug-related murder there are constant thefts, because addicts have to rob and steal in order to support their habit.