This morning I was reading about the new drug in town - Idozer or also I-doser. Teens use 'i-dosing' to get high from online tones. They are listening to online music and tones that they say can cause a drug-like state of euphoria. They plug into what they call "i-dosers" by putting on headphones and downloading music and tones that create a supposed drug-like euphoria. The technology is designed to combine a tone in each ear to create a binaural beat designed to alter brainwaves.
I asked my youngest daughter who is 16 and a couple of her friends about this. She had a couple of teen friends stay over last night. They at first gave me a look like what are you talking about. Then after some thought one of them said yeah, it's like listening to a beat that you enjoy hearing. You know like you have a favorite song and you listen to it because it puts you in a good mood. I was just talking with one of them last night who plays the violin. They play the violin beautifully. It truly is music to my ears. They played a song for me last night. I was in heaven listening to them play. Afterwards I shared with them about some of my favorite musical instruments I love to hear like the violin/fiddle, steel guitar, harmonica and bagpipes. So you could say we have all been i-dosing and not known it. hmmmm
A couple of links with more about it:
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2010/tech-and-drugs...
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/you-20/201007/i-dosing-digital-drugs...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idoser