The relationship between drugs and music.
For centuries musicians have been using drugs to improve creativity, and listeners have used drugs to increase the fun of music. The relationship between drugs and music is also reflected in the lyrics and in the way these lyrics were composed by musicians, some of whom were undoubtedly influenced by the abundant amounts of heroin and cocaine they consumed, as their songs sometimes reveal.
Music and Drugs
Sour rock would never have happened without LSD and house music, with its repetitive 4/4 beats, would have remained a niche musical taste if it wasn't for the wide availability of MDMA (ecstasy, molly) in the eighties and nineties. And don't be fooled by the healthy name of country music. Country songs contain more drug references than any other genre of popular music, including hip-hop. As everyone knows, listening to music can make the sound sound sound better. However, recent research suggests that not all types of cannabis have the desired effect. The balance between two major compounds in cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiols, affects the desire for music and its pleasure. Cannabis users reported having more fun in music when they used cannabis containing cannabidiols than when these compounds were absent.
