Normalizing Pathology

The Washington Post just published a seven-question quiz for readers to answer the question: “Am I using too much weed?” The quiz is designed to help you know if you’re developing “dependency” – while adding the reassuring popular platitude: “As with alcohol, most people who use cannabis recreationally are doing so responsibly.”

We seem to live at a time when it’s easier to live with absurd but pleasant theories that contradict everyday reality. We live in a schizoid disconnect between what we tell ourselves and what we see right in front of us.