Teens Using Digital Drugs to Get High

This is not from The Onion:

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, that’s what Kansas News 9 is reporting about a phenomenon called "i-dosing," which involves finding an online dealer who can hook you up with "digital drugs" that get you high through your headphones.
And officials are taking it seriously.
"Kids are going to flock to these sites just to see what it is about and it can lead them to other places," Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs spokesman Mark Woodward told News 9.
I-dosing involves donning headphones and listening to "music" -- largely a droning noise -- which the sites peddling the sounds promise will get you high. Teens are listening to such tracks as "Gates of Hades," which is available on YouTube gratis (yes, the first one is always free).
Those who want to get addicted to the "drugs" 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.

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Paul. : 2010-07-19 04:04:41

I, for one, am glad authorities are taking this seriously. It makes them into a laughingstock, and being an object of ridicule and mockery erodes their power like almost nothing else will.

So please, authorities everywhere, tell us again how dangerous these creepy soundtracks are! Get on national TV, start an awareness campaign--WHATEVER--but just make sure folks can get a good eyeful of you damn fools and wonder how you ever wound up in charge of anything more important than a hot dog stand.

Scott. : 2010-07-19 00:21:40

Morons unite, dare to be a fucking idiot. This is your brain on bullshit.

Nowhere Girl. : 2010-07-18 12:40:34

First I thought "Are these guys crazy or what?!!"... but now I tend to think it's a parody of a drug panic.

George Baker. : 2010-07-17 16:06:18

Are you FUCKING kidding me. First of all what is wrong with getting high in the first place, its the same as getting drunk, jsut different substances cause different effect. Second of all getting altered has been a part of human culture since the beginning. there hasn't been one culture that doesnt use some kind of mind altering substance except the people in the arctic because nothing grows there! Now Official are pissing there pants because you can get altered by listening to binaural beats. Come on! The flicker of the TV screen alone changes consciousness producing more alpha brainwaves. I think the truth is, they dont give a shit, but if kids start using "digital drugs" instead of the real thing, narcotics officers wont have as much work because there will be less demand for the real drugs. This kinda shit just bugs me, who the fuck are they to tell me what states of consciousness im allowed to experience. I can understand getting Heroin, coke and meth off the streets... but psychedelics or any plant or plant extract, come the fuck on! The idea of making nature or SOUND against the law is fuckin ridiculous!

avicenna : 2010-07-16 21:47:09

If you watch the [link] News9 video on YouTube , at 2:05 they have a shot of a cell phone presumably playing back a "digital drug" file. The clock on the cell phone displays 4:20.

Lux. : 2010-07-16 13:10:58

The thing that really disturbs me is these Audio Pill Parties, where teenagers just load up an iPod shuffle with digital highs and press play. They don't have any idea what the heck it's going to do to them.

omgoleus : 2010-07-16 09:41:36

We should see if we can spread some other fake "new high" meme to the point where the government bans, say, onions or something. I bet we could do it.

alison wonderland. : 2010-07-15 20:16:05

SHPONGLE

jamesk : 2010-07-15 19:09:37

I think the British government should form an inquiry into the banning of digital drugs. For real.

Anonymous. : 2010-07-15 14:30:51

Slashdot is also running the sotry. Some of the comments are pretty funny:

[link]

JJ. : 2010-07-15 11:37:34

I can NOT believe that I'm being taxed almost $1,000 a month, and THIS is what my money is spent on! I could give a DAMN about "digital highs". WHY are people starving? I would LOVE for my money to go to feeding people, sheltering people, education, things of that nature. Do the feds not realize that the saying "mind over matter" has a huge role in drugs? So what will they do when they find out that eating paper gets kindergartners high? Ban it?
QUIT WASTING MY MONEY!

lizzy. : 2010-07-15 07:59:40

this kind of even sounds like a hoax to me. all great music can give you a high if you are vulnerable to the music and let yourself go with it. why are people so stupid? hasn't anyone here ever heard of/listened to SHPONGLE? that shit is like straight trippin' in the amazon or something.

McGillicuty. : 2010-07-15 06:54:13

Bunk!

Anonymous. : 2010-07-15 06:20:08

Wow, pretty bad for a wired article. I mean, I know they're past their irrationally exuberant heyday, but this??

Marco. : 2010-07-15 06:09:33

I'm not too concerned with the 'fake' i-drugs peddled online. My i-dealer assures me the $40 I spent on drone music is the real shit.

drpfenderson : 2010-07-15 01:42:07

NPR just did a pretty good story debunking "digital highs".

[link]

Scotto : 2010-07-15 01:26:09

this story is pretty cylical for some reason... we first posted about this back in 2007: [link]

chunkychocochip. : 2010-07-15 00:58:42

the real problem here is the instruction manual. if some weed came with a 40-page guide to diy smoking devices and precision joint rolling then you'd be looking at a stagnate culture. or some bunk-ass schwag.

Nik. : 2010-07-14 23:53:04

haha it's almost frightening to see that (I assume US) officials are taking this "dangerous" drug deadly serious. The sheer amount of dead teens still with their headphones in their ears is a shocking picture, though!! ;)
Someone please give those people some REAL work so they don't need to waste their time with bullshit like this ;)

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