Essay On Techno Festivals

I cherish visiting techno festivals throughout the summer with my friends. Techno festivals are well known in the Netherlands, every weekend a large event takes place and attracts numerous visitors. People use drugs in plain sight at these festivals. This high rate of drug use occurs with consequences, four people died last year due to the use of dangerous drugs during Amsterdam Dance Event. I will study whether adolescents that listen to techno music or visit techno events are more likely to be drug users than other musical preference groups. I have searched for sources at Google Scholar on the relation between drugs and music. I have read these and analyzed them thoroughly. I will summarize, integrate and critically evaluate these with provided

Rave music (techno, hardcore and trance) is comonly linked with MDMA, speed and XTC. These drugs increase physical performance, sensory experience, social capacity and permits a feeling of relaxation. Favoring rave music raises the likelihood of drug use: studies have shown that children who liked rave music had more experience with drugs than others. The more indivuduals engage in the “techno scene”, the higher the chance they will use drugs. At these festivals the ravers experience sensation of the music within a peaceful and loving community, the use of drugs increases this. Drugs are merely used for recreational use during weekends as a vehicle for fantasy, pleasure and fun. As a result, this drug use does not influence ravers every day life’s. Teenagers distinguish taking drugs as a recreational activity, therefore the more sociable and outgoing children are more likely to discover the rave music and drugs. The circle of friends and social influence influences the prospect of drug use more than liking rave music, youths appoint their own influence milieu and once friends have used drugs the probability of drug use is higher. The numbers show a high rate of drugs use at techno events although this does not state that visitors of techno festivals automatically take drugs. Visiting techno festivals or listening to rave music is not a cause for using drugs, although it is to some extent connected. Rave music does not encourage drug use, adolescents are identifying themselves with the music and the