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As much progress as I've made reconnecting with both myself and the natural world, I've found myself on the other hand increasingly disconnected from popular culture, and perhaps humanity as a whole; a condition not surprising in one so long involved with such focused introspection and exploration of self and world, especially in the solitary writer whose subjects and ways are out of sync with convention.
Fortunately I've had a good support network of family and friends to help mitigate this condition. Realizing the importance of such help, I sympathize with those in need who are not so fortunate. This I would posit is one of the greatest and most damaging side effects of cannabis; isolation and alienation resulting from societal disapproval of the plant and people associated with it.
This societally enhanced side-effect (which cannabis itself might exaggerate) is worth a serious look. Indeed, as emphasized a number of times in this letter, a long and serious look at society itself is in order. As the romanticists and transcendentalists pointed out some 200 years ago during the quickening industrialization of man, we need to slow down and reflect upon what we're doing here. There are simply too many problems, many of which are getting worse, too maintain this thoughtless race.
