I always considered myself agnostic leaning atheist. I consider leftism to be antithetical towards religion. All religions have a class structure to them, do priests, rabbis, or imams not exist? And what about marxism, is karl marx not venerated by some leftists in a weird atheist sort of way?
Yes, but before the opioid epidemic, it wasn't like opium was a cure or medicine-it could only dull or distract from the pain with illusions.