{"id":449,"date":"2022-11-25T11:22:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T22:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/?p=449"},"modified":"2022-11-25T11:22:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T22:22:36","slug":"dec-8-the-science-of-getting-high-jonathan-falconer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/2022\/11\/25\/dec-8-the-science-of-getting-high-jonathan-falconer\/","title":{"rendered":"Dec 8:  The Science of Getting High &#8211; Jonathan Falconer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>THE LAST SHOW FOR THIS YEAR!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Old Lodge Theatre &#8211; doors open 7pm, show starts 7.30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cost $16:  Cash at door or online at:<br>https:\/\/events.humanitix.com\/the-science-of-getting-high-jpygc6yw<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Otago teaching fellow and stand-up comedian Jonathan Falconer once had what felt like a powerful revelation while on psychedelic drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It felt so profound that he wrote it down. In the morning, he looked at the piece of paper.  It said: YOLO (you only live once).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The experience is part of Falconer\u2019s new comedy show,&nbsp;<em>The Science of Getting High<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The show is a mix of stand-up comedy, insights about drugs and material from his lectures on pharmacology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thought, if I am a mediocre lecturer and a mediocre comedian, maybe I could be a great stand-up comedian talking about drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Falconer said the show covers everything from how dopamine works in the brain to the flaws of human memory and perception, and the use of psychedelics as therapeutic drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research is growing into whether psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, and LSD can be used to treat depression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt has been an interesting journey for psychedelics. I try and use science to be as objective as you can be about drug harm and therapeutic potentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPsychedelics are tools. They are not a magical key that will unlock the truths of the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"844\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hoki-Poster-cut-844x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-454\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hoki-Poster-cut-844x1024.jpg 844w, http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hoki-Poster-cut-247x300.jpg 247w, http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hoki-Poster-cut-768x932.jpg 768w, http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hoki-Poster-cut.jpg 1120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE LAST SHOW FOR THIS YEAR!!! The Old Lodge Theatre &#8211; doors open 7pm, show starts 7.30pm Cost $16: Cash at door or online at:https:\/\/events.humanitix.com\/the-science-of-getting-high-jpygc6yw University of Otago teaching fellow <a href=\"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/2022\/11\/25\/dec-8-the-science-of-getting-high-jonathan-falconer\/\" class=\"read-more button-fancy -red\"><span class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/span><span class=\"twp-read-more text\">Continue Reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455,"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions\/455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}