{"id":1443,"date":"2025-09-18T11:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T09:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securetec.net\/2025\/09\/18\/musik-und-drogen-teil-1\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:14:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:14:47","slug":"music-and-drugs-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securetec.net\/en\/2025\/09\/18\/music-and-drugs-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Music and drugs (part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mgq7ds1t-96d255aded315a33718c203db890b45e\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mgq7ds1t-96d255aded315a33718c203db890b45e img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mgq7ds1t-96d255aded315a33718c203db890b45e .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mgq7ds1t-96d255aded315a33718c203db890b45e av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image- avia-img-lazy-loading-not- avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.securetec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Newsletter-Musik-und-Drogen-Teil-1_header_AdobeStock_789745947-1500x430.jpeg\" alt='' title=''   itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mgq7fh2r-2dabd2728094cb573d239c4859b9edaa\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-mgq7fh2r-2dabd2728094cb573d239c4859b9edaa{\nheight:25px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-mgq7fh2r-2dabd2728094cb573d239c4859b9edaa hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mgq6zbp2-0a02eafe679fbb25690eb9641b524cd2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Music and drugs (part 1)<\/h1>\n<h2>&#8220;Music is the strongest drug of all&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">(Steven Tyler &#8211; lead singer of Aerosmith)<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s the same for everyone. You hear your favourite music playing and you become filled with a feeling of happiness. This is caused by the neurotransmitter dopamine (often called \u201cthe happy hormone\u201d). Dopamine is produced when people are enjoying music or drugs. Both can spark creative flights of fancy in musical artists and can induce a trance-like state in listeners. Different drugs are associated with different musical styles. In the past, drugs have been at times embraced and at other times condemned. But were the hippies of the 1960s responsible for introducing drugs to the music scene and were they actually the biggest drug abusers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Berlioz: the original hippie of classical music?<\/h2>\n<p>In the nineteenth century, many people consumed opium for recreational purposes \u2013 including the composer Hector Berlioz. His \u201csymphonie fantastique\u201d tells of the heartache of the protagonist, who, believing that his love is unrequited, turns to opium and falls into a deep sleep filled with wild visions \u2013 including a march to his own execution. In 1969, Leonard Bernstein called this work the first psychedelic symphony in history, the first musical description of a drug-induced state of intoxication \u2013 written in 1830, or 130 years before The Beatles.<sup>1<\/sup> This offers clear proof that music and drugs go hand in hand \u2013 and have done for quite some time!<\/p>\n<h2>Hippie vibes and harsh realities<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.securetec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Musik-und-Drogen-bunter-Hippie-Gitarrist_3x2.jpeg\" alt=\"Bunte Illustration von einem Hippie Gitarristen zwischen zwei Boxen\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Up until the mid 1960s, drugs tended to receive dishonourable mentions only in the jazz and blues genres. However, with the advent of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, the influence of drugs on the world of music quickly became undeniable. LSD in particular shone through many song lyrics as a mindexpanding wonder drug. One unforgettable high point of the hippie era was the legendary Woodstock Festival of 1969, at which Jefferson Airplane\u2019s song \u201cWhite Rabbit\u201d became a hymn to love, peace and LSD. The Rolling Stones took a different approach, however. In their song \u201cMother\u2019s Little Helper\u201d, they delivered a sharp critique of the way in which valium was being covertly used by many women to help them be \u201cthe perfect housewife\u201d. At that time, psychotropic drugs were already being prescribed as a quick fix for mental health problems. Even today, \u201cmother\u2019s little helper\u201d is used as a synonym for any type of tranquillizer.<\/p>\n<h2>From mind expansion to self-destruction<\/h2>\n<p>In the 1970s, heroin and cocaine entered the limelight \u2013 especially in the rock and punk scenes. And with them they brought self-destructive drug use. Lou Reed\u2019s song \u201cHeroin\u201d vividly evokes the flight from reality that soon transforms into dependency and a life consumed by the thought of how to get the next shot into the veins.<\/p>\n<h2>Rap music in hip-hop culture<\/h2>\n<p>In the 1970s, the slums of New York were also awash with heroin. It was from this hotbed that rap was born. This genre, together with other elements like breakdance, is at the heart of hip-hop culture, which is the most dominant youth culture in the world today. Back then, rap was a desperate but peaceful cry for help against social injustice and street violence. Over time, the scene expanded and subgenres developed, which, to this day, provide insights into drug use from different perspectives. Marijuana is very much in the spotlight in many songs, and its consumption is often depicted as a natural lifestyle choice. For example, Snoop Dogg delivers the following lyrics in his distinctive laid-back style in \u201cYoung, Wild and Free\u201d: \u201cSo what we smoke weed? We\u2019re just having fun; we don\u2019t care who sees \u2026\u201d. The production and sale of drugs is the second most popular theme, as in \u201cFeeling Myself\u201d by Nicki Minaj: \u201cCookin\u2019 up the base, lookin\u2019 like a kilo\u201d. Many songs also reference other well-established drugs like cocaine, crack and the party drug ecstasy (MDMA).<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n<h2>The wild 21st century<\/h2>\n<p>By today\u2019s standards, the hippies were almost well-behaved \u2013 current musical artists tend to get straight to the point! One US study found that song lyrics in the 21st century contain 5 times more drug references than before! The findings were based on \u201cTop 40\u201d song charts since 1960.<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='hr av-mgq7bip1-7bcdabb08f3aac69385eaa2d5c8b83d1 hr-default  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mgq70hbs-9dc47e015acf20dba1cff76c9d11c83e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Music festivals \u2013 a challenge and an opportunity<\/h3>\n<p>While music festivals represent a genuine public security challenge, they also offer a valuable insight into the current drug landscape. For example, one Australian study indicated that MDMA was the most frequently detected substance in drug-related deaths at festivals between 2000 and 2019.<sup>4<\/sup> In 2022, Ireland launched a pilot project called \u201cSafer Nightlife\u201d, a pioneering step aimed at enabling more effective management of the ever-changing risks associated with the sale of illegal drugs. Various authorities collaborated closely on the initiative to enable early detection of new trends and an early warning system for emerging risks. The project proved successful within the year of its launch, when a large amount of data on drugs in circulation was gathered at Ireland\u2019s largest annual music festival, \u201cThe Electric Picnic\u201d. Thanks to a rapid communication campaign, festivalgoers were warned in time about particularly potent MDMA pills. In addition, three substances were identified that had never been detected in Ireland up to that point: 3\u2011CMC, 5\u2011MAPB and 4\u2011HO\u2011MiPT.<sup>5<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='hr av-a9ppt-d84e44e8b3b39244c169b38e3ab9e3ca hr-default  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mgq73xbs-79a3f63826174ec692b2805dbdc9bdef '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-397 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.securetec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/drugwipe-s605g-300x69.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"69\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.securetec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/drugwipe-s605g-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/www.securetec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/drugwipe-s605g-768x176.png 768w, https:\/\/www.securetec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/drugwipe-s605g-705x161.png 705w, https:\/\/www.securetec.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/drugwipe-s605g.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DrugWipe 6 S \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><strong>6 drug groups in 5 minutes<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Just ask \u2013 we\u2019re always happy to help.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-movde9ze-b53c12b641d21e708c38e679ca47faf2\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-movde9ze-b53c12b641d21e708c38e679ca47faf2{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-movde9ze-b53c12b641d21e708c38e679ca47faf2 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mgq74rwv-733d86075c1dc42cf1b484035af5c29f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">References:<br \/>\n<sup>1<\/sup> CBS Television Network Broadcast, L. Bernstein (25. Mai 1969), Young People\u2019s Concert, Berlioz Takes a Trip;<br \/>\n<sup>2<\/sup> Stickle, B. (2021), A High Note: Drug Misuse in Popular Rap Music, Substance Use &#038; Misuse, Volume 56;<br \/>\n<sup>3<\/sup> Christenson, P. G. et al. (2019), What has America been singing about?, Psychology of Music, Vol. 47;<br \/>\n<sup>4<\/sup> Santamaria, R. et al. (2024), Drug-related death at Australian music festivals, International Journal of Drug Policy, 123;<br \/>\n<sup>5<\/sup> Killeen, N. et al. (2022), Safer Nightlife Programme 2022, National Social Inclusion Office<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Image sources:<br \/>\nSecuretec Detektions-Systeme AG; Aevan \u2013 stock.adobe.com; freelanceartist \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3ag077-b5e21480b7716fae36aaa78de8827f12\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-3ag077-b5e21480b7716fae36aaa78de8827f12{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-3ag077-b5e21480b7716fae36aaa78de8827f12 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mlkstvig-bfbd1b2eb4855359c973a43c55380f9b '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><div class='w3eden'><!-- WPDM Link Template: Default Template -->\n\n<div class=\"link-template-default card mb-2\">\n    <div class=\"card-body\">\n        <div class=\"media\">\n            <div class=\"mr-3 img-48\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpdm_icon\" alt=\"Icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.securetec.net\/wp-content\/plugins\/download-manager\/assets\/file-type-icons\/pdf.svg\" \/><\/div>\n            <div class=\"media-body\">\n                <h3 class=\"package-title\"><a href='https:\/\/www.securetec.net\/en\/download\/newsletter-music-and-drugs-part-1\/'>Newsletter Music and Drugs (part 1)<\/a><\/h3>\n                <div class=\"text-muted text-small\"><i class=\"fas fa-copy\"><\/i> 1 file(s) <i class=\"fas fa-hdd ml-3\"><\/i> 700.19 KB<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ml-3\">\n                <a class='wpdm-download-link download-on-click btn btn-primary ' rel='nofollow' href='#' data-downloadurl=\"https:\/\/www.securetec.net\/en\/download\/newsletter-music-and-drugs-part-1\/?wpdmdl=1462&refresh=6ac519649eed41791301988\">Download<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Different drugs are associated with different musical styles. 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