It's Not Harmful To Share A Hit Of Drugs On Film, And Everyone Is Doing It

Is film the most potent art for relaying drug experiences? Its hypnotic, fluid, unprecedented fusion of sound, image, movement and forced perspective certainly feels aligned to some essence of the stream of consciousness, even to dreaming. But where drugs are concerned, I have to wonder if movies don't get closer to the heart of the matter when they show restraint in how they use their multiform tools and effects.

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