The Sound of Getting Stoned
Sure, music can lift your spirits, but can it actually get you high? Plenty of U.S.
Sure, music can lift your spirits, but can it actually get you high? Plenty of U.S.
teens claimed to be getting seriously buzzed after listening to “Gates of
Hades,” a song that purportedly induced feelings in listeners ranging from
pleasant dizziness to raging hallucinations. “Gates of Hades” and other
tracks like it spawned a craze in 2010 called “i-Dosing.” Developed by Nick
Ashton, the technology relies on “binaural beats,” in which a tone of one
frequency is played into the right ear and a slightly different frequency is
played into the left. Together, the tones supposedly synchronize brain
waves, simulating such mental states as getting drunk, falling in love,
or sexual arousal.
In 2010, i-Doser.com offered the song for free on YouTube as a sort of
gateway drug, then sold additional tracks on their home page. According
to Ashton, more than a million people paid for the songs that year alone.
Before long, parents and authorities tried to kill the party; one Oklahoma
City school went so far as to ban iPods in schools, so students couldn’t
get high during homeroom. But it turns out parents didn’t have much to
fear—though some teens claim to get buzzed off of i-Dosing, there’s no
evidence to suggest it’s addictive or leads to using hard drugs. For the
most part, it’s just noise.
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