I've been looking for this for awhile. First read it back in 2017 when Harper's published it again. But then I lost track of it and couldn't find it no matter the search terms.
Thank you for posting it here. Still just as relevant as ever. Dorothy Thompson is a name I won't be forgetting again.
Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behaviour and information processing. They open you up to the possibility that everything you know is wrong.
Regard each other as you pass
She looks back, you look back
Not just once
Not just twice
Wish away nightmare
Wish away nightmare
You got a light, you can feel it on your back
A light you can feel it on your back Jigsaw falling into place
Yeah it is! And in that case, my recommendation is Shenandoah. Tube down to Harper's Ferry and climb Maryland heights. Find one of those trails in the hills that follows a stream that slides down long smooth rocks into cool, clear pools.
That's the one.