Researchers Discover That High People Like to Listen to Music

In another example of the silliness of many (most) public health studies, researchers in Italy discovered that the effects of ecstasy are intensified by listening to music. Michaelangelo Iannone, the study's leader, is quoted at New Scientist as saying,

"The most important finding is that the effects of MDMA can be strengthened by common environmental factors, such as noise in discotheques."

Another researcher did a similar study and remarked

"If Iannone's team had used loud, pulsing noise, their effects would probably have been even stronger," she says.

And, of course, said researcher is worried about the children and recommends more study:

She agrees that more research into the combined effect of music and drugs on humans is needed. "It would be tragic to find that taking ecstasy in clubs as a teenager significantly increased the risk of mental illness in later life," she says.

Perhaps we should ban music, which has the potential to be abused by people who take drugs, which are banned because they have the potential to be abused.