The internet has long been a place associated with drugs. 'Legal high' sites have grown in popularity in recent years with sites offering shamanic herbs and legal alternatives to illegal drugs.
Plus there's websites packed with information and experience accounts from users and drug paraphernalia is sold in a wide range of online stores.
And now with the latest internet-drug phenomena; the internet has become the drug.
An online trend claims to deliver ‘digital highs’ through droning music with many YouTube users having uploaded their experiences of ‘iDosing’
Some users have claimed hearing the intense audio tracks through headphones can replicate the effects of taking illegal drugs.
Dr Helane Wahbeh, a Naturopathic Physician and Clinician Researcher at the Oregon Health and Science University said that “Binaural beats happen when opposite ears receive two different sound waves. When you listen to these sounds with stereo headphones, the listener senses the difference between the two frequencies as another beat that sounds like it’s coming from the inside of the head.”
This latest internet craze has been dismissed as harmless by scientists but there is concerns that as children flock to Youtube they may get introduced to other, more dangerous activities.
Source: Sky news