music: a gateway drug

[copobo]

Report: Teens Using Digital Drugs to Get High | Threat Level | Wired.com

Kids around the country are getting high on the internet, thanks to MP3s that induce a state of ecstasy. And it could be a gateway drug leading teens to real-world narcotics.

At least, thatâ??s what Oklahoma News 9 is reporting about a phenomenon called â??i-dosing,â?� which involves finding an online dealer who can hook you up with â??digital drugsâ?� that get you high through your headphones.

And officials are taking it seriously.

â??Kids are going to flock to these sites just to see what it is about and it can lead them to other places,â?� Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs spokesman Mark Woodward told News 9.

I-dosing involves donning headphones and listening to â??musicâ?� â?? largely a droning noise â?? which the sites peddling the sounds promise will get you high. Teens are listening to such tracks as â??Gates of Hades,â?� which is available on YouTube gratis (yes, the first one is always free).

Those who want to get addicted to the â??drugsâ?� can purchase tracks that will purportedly bring about the same effects of marijuana, cocaine, opium and peyote. While street drugs rarely come with instruction manuals, potential digital drug users are advised to buy a 40-page guide so that they learn how to properly get high on MP3s.

Oklahomaâ??s Mustang Public School district isnâ??t taking the threat lightly, and sent out a letter to parents warning them of the new craze. The educators have gone so far as to ban iPods at school, in hopes of preventing honor students from becoming cyber-drug fiends, News 9 reports.

copobo Reviewed by copobo on 07-15-2010. music: a gateway drug Report: Teens Using Digital Drugs to Get High | Threat Level | Wired.com Kids around the country are getting high on the internet, thanks to MP3s that induce a state of ecstasy. And it could be a gateway drug leading teens to real-world narcotics. At least, thatâ??s what Oklahoma News 9 is reporting about a phenomenon called â??i-dosing,â?� which involves finding an online dealer who can hook you up with â??digital drugsâ?� that get you high through your headphones. And officials are Rating: 5

[copobo]

we live in a fucked up world when they start taking sounds away because they make people feel good.

[SprngsCaregiver]

we live in a fucked up world when they start taking sounds away because they make people feel good.

Ridiculous. It's literally just different tones.
IMO Pink Floyd kinda does the same thing they were just much better at it than the I-dosers.

[HighPopalorum]

The only thing Pink Floyd does for me is make me want to bite off my tongue and drown myself in my own blood. I've heard of these MP3s before, but never listened. I'll get a sampling of them and try them out on my next bike ride... or would that be inviting a CUI charge?

[SprngsCaregiver]

The only thing Pink Floyd does for me is make me want to bite off my tongue and drown myself in my own blood. I've heard of these MP3s before, but never listened. I'll get a sampling of them and try them out on my next bike ride... or would that be inviting a CUI charge?

Well apparently you are supposed to listen to them laying down with your eyes closed. So yeah, the bike ride may be a bad idea.

If Pink Floyd makes you want to bite your tongue off you may want to wear a mouth guard lol

[lampost]

Music is my aeroplane!

[funkfingers]

Milk was my gateway drug.. Free the robots!:thumbsup:

[HighPopalorum]

I can confirm that this is a gateway drug. I tried it a couple days ago for the first time and after, I got high!

One time. Won't somebody think of the children?

[ForgetClassC]

Just looked into the song that they mentioned in the news report, looked it up on YouTube. Now I have a headache. It's very obnoxious and now my sinuses hurt. I don't recommend this. All the video reports of people trying this all are children, very easily convinced of anything these days. Again, just the government trying to scare us.

-C