What Is A Digital Drug?
Guide to I-Dosing and Binaural Beats
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/digital-drugs/
There has been some conversation in the blogosphere about digital drugs and the practice of I-Dosing, which involves listening to certain sounds (usually via MP3 or iPod) in order to bring on an altered state of consciousness. Through the use of binaural beats or droning sounds, the listener can supposedly get the same effect as street drugs. In one article, it is noted that a 40 page book is also used to help people get this effect. School districts are also concerned about the digital drug phenomenon because it may become a gateway to real drugs.
What is unusual about this argument is that people are up in arms against sound files that are available for free on the internet. Digital Drugs don’t appear to be associated with addiction, crime waves, black markets, and organized crime. I-Dosing may create situations where you don’t want an altered person driving a car or operating machinery, or doing brain surgery, but currently there aren’t any Malibu drug treatment centers that are treating an epidemic of digital drug overdoses or basket cases.
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Notes and Special Information
Special note:Don't Ruin Your Hearing While Trying To Get High On Digital Drugs.