This could possibly mean that the person has had their life taken over by their drug addiction and cannot escape from it. This line also suggests that the person has become a slave to drugs because of the use of the word "rule". The line can also suggest that the person has joined the other millions of people who had this done to them.
In 1985, one year before the album dropped, the amount of people who admitted using cocaine on a routine basis increased from 4.2 million to 5.8 million.