[Keep the people drugged-up, poor, and stupid.]
Describes the last 7 years and last year or two.
I wonder if the strong delusion which will fall upon people during the Tribulation might be drug-induced as well as demonically induced. I know that occultish things will abound, and “pharmakeia” refers to both witchcraft and the occult, and to hallucenogenic drugs and New Age practices which open the vulnerable spiritual channels of the mind to demonic forces.