It seems no coincidence that the popularity of this drug rose with more fragmentation and disconnection in present-day society. We hardly know our neighbors and, at least in the United States, spend much of our day isolated from our communities, including the natural world, as we drive around in metal boxes and spend our days and nights interacting with machines. This is painful and unnatural, but is the antidote a drug that temporarily lifts the veil to show us ourselves in each other, and then strengthens the walls between?
