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Why abstinence-only drug education doesn’t work—in fact, it backfires spectacularly.
If we know it doesn’t work for sex, why do we think it’ll work for drugs? Read more
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The intangible narcotic: What does ‘vibe’ mean, really?
Vibe is… it’s intangible, you can’t touch it, you can only feel it, sense it. Read more
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Feelings into words: Harvest Festival Part 2
When you live your life in constant hyperbole, even if it’s based on a deep, ineffable appreciation for all that humanity has to offer, it really screws you over when something like Harvest comes around. You’ve used up all your words and there are none left that really do it justice. Read more
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Yin and yang at Harvest Festival: Part 1
Concentrating was difficult while being blasted by unexpected fantastical weirdness from every angle. Harvest is centred entirely around curating the most unabashedly creative experience possible, rather than maximizing profit. And it shows. Read more
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Drugs are… good? No, that can’t be right. Can it?
Most research assumes that drug use is a problem to be solved and drug users are criminals or victims that, either way, need to be dealt with. But what if that assumption is the actual problem? Read more
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“Drugs are bad,” he said, sipping his beer: Legality vs. social acceptability
There are socially acceptable drugs, and there are immoral/unacceptable drugs—and these don’t always correlate with their legality. While many in the mainstream accept the status quo of conflating a drug’s legality with its acceptability, to those who choose to use both legal and illegal drugs, a drug’s morality has nothing to do with its legal… Read more
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 