A recent research study conducted at the ‘University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine’ has revealed interesting findings about the use of substance in music and lyrics and their effects on the adolescents. In this study which has been published in the February issue of the journal”Archieves of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine”, researchers have pointed out that in the year 2005 alone almost 33% of the most popular songs were based on the lyrics that reflected the explicit use of words like drug, alcohol, and tobacco.

Researchers also observed that nearly two third of these references specifically mentioned the substance use associating them with the peer acceptance and instigators of sex.

According to a generalized estimate, the children around the world listen to the music for almost two and half hours every day. Some of the previous studies indicate that an exposure to the substance use through a popular media like music is directly associated with the actual substance use among the adolescents.

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