Music and Marijuana Use Among Teens

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study  in the journal Addiction says that teenagers who often listen to music that contains references to marijuana are more likely to use the drug than their counterparts with less exposure to such lyrics. “Interestingly, we also found that exposure to marijuana in music was not associated with other high-risk behaviors, such as excessive alcohol consumption. This suggests that there is a real link between the marijuana lyrics and marijuana use,” said Dr. Primack on UPMC.com
Dr.Primack makes a good point in saying that although alot of exposure to marijuana related music may cause people to smoke pot it could also be that those who smoke pot maybe seeking out to listen to music with lyrics related to marijuana.
Either way these studies help people come up with more effective programs on drug education, "media literacy programs may help young people more accurately analyze and evaluate the marijuana-related messages they are likely to hear in popular music.” says Dr. Primack.

MainStream Media in Music

  These days with technology advancing to new heights never imagined many new or "hidden information" hides right behind media such as music, advertisments and tv. Knowledgeabe information on many things like health care, new and arising poroblems in the U.S and many other things are flown over the airwaves for all to hear.     I've always been a huge music fan so I wanted to be able to connect mainstream media with music and it was simple when I thought about how many songs the radios are not permitted to play because of certain slang or profanity, mostly mentioning drugs and violence. One big example of this is the use of  marijuana and how its largely promoted in mainstream media, especially music. Medical marijuana currently is legalized in ten states, in most of these states large groups of people often come together to celebrate holidays or social gatherings where music plays loudly and marijuana is frequently used as a form of entertainment. The issue over legalizing it in other states is being avidly promoted by top actors and rap artists such as Lil Wayne, Ashor Roth and Megan Fox where stars are openly admitting to the use of the drug.