Music is a very prominent influence on today's youth. Music surrounds us in everyday life through several venues. With this in mind, we can assume that music stimulates or reduces certain behavior; however, other factors such as genetics and environment do come into play as well. It is a mixture of factors that ultimately reflect on certain behavior. Some may argue that certain genres of music impacts drug use and alcohol consumption. I decided to do research on this topic to see if there is an evident correlation between musical preference (especially hip hop) and alcohol consumption. Research has been previously conducted on this topic such as this article I read. This experiment was done in Australia in hopes of determining how prevalent illicit drug use is in this population and if music has any effect on it. The results expressed that participants who preferred to listen to dance/house or rap music were more likely to have used drugs more often in the past month than participants who preferred pop or alternative music. Illicit drugs include ecstasy, speed, tobacco, alcohol, solvents, cannabis, inhalants, amyl nitrite cocaine, LSD etc. Moreover, certain types of environments such as night clubs and raves encourage these drugs. Does music promote this type of behavior? If so, in what ways?
Certain types of music lyrics especially hip hop, do explicitly mention drugs, and alcohol. Does constantly listening to this language motivate adolescence to emulate what they hear? We cannot identify this factor as being an important behavioral factor, but the correlation is evident. All in all, each individual is different and ultimately it’s their own personal decision whether they decide to engage in drinking or not.
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