The Other Side

Our research question looked into the possible link between certain genres of music and elevated levels of illegal drug use. Two scholarly articles that we found provided evidence for the positive link between certain music genres and illegal drug use. One article specified that music such as dance, techno, hip-hop, heavy metal, and rap as opposed to jazz and pop were specifically responsible for this drug use. The other scholarly article that we assessed graphed the relationship between drug use and certain genres of music. The graph showed that illegal drug use increases when adolescents are exposed to music environments such as raves and certain concerts. 

            The results of our findings did not surprise me at all. I have personally been to raves and techno concerts and have seen the drug use happen in front of me. I expected for the results to come to this conclusion. Because the genres of music that influence illegal drug use are very popular today, our findings may imply a larger population of young adults experimenting with these illegal drugs. 

            The emergence of illegal drug use has caught the attention of many people. In particular, the up-and-coming artist, Macklemore, wrote a song about the use of cough syrup in today’s time and how it can ruin people just like it did him. The song is called “Otherside”: 

Otherside By Macklemore