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Drug culture and music culture have long overlapped, from <\/span>the psychedelics<\/span><\/a> at 60s and 70s rock festivals to the <\/span>MDMA<\/span><\/a>, cocaine, and <\/span>ketamine<\/span><\/a> in modern nightclubs. People bring drugs to these settings not just to facilitate social interactions but also to appreciate the music on a new level. In fact,\u00a069% of 21 to 29 year olds in a recent Detox study<\/a> said they need drugs to enjoy music.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But the way you experience music depends which drug you’re taking, and even when the same drug is involved, effects vary from person to person, song to song, and night to night.\u00a0Here are just a few ways drugs can affect how you experience music, according to people who have taken them. <\/span><\/p>\n Alcohol<\/b><\/p>\n For Stephen, 33, wine unlocks music’s hidden meanings. When he wants to gain insight into his life, he\u2019ll drink <\/span>wine from Caduceus Cellars<\/a>, the vineyard owned by To<\/span>ol\u2019s Maynard James Keenan, and put on Tool or another favorite band. It feels like \u201cthe universe is trying to communicate\u201d through the music, he explains. <\/span><\/p>\n The effects of alcohol on music, though, totally depend on the drink and the genre, he says. <\/span>\u201cIf I’m drinking whiskey<\/span> and listening to country music, I just want to get feisty.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Nadia, 36, says alcohol gives her less discriminating music taste. During her teen years, she says, \u201calcohol made me able to party to shit music.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Weed<\/b><\/p>\n As a musician, Cass, 24, usually analyzes the music and lyrics of every song she hears. But when she\u2019s stoned, she can just sit back and appreciate it. <\/span><\/p>\n Peter, 28, similarly finds that weed helps him get immersed in a song. \u201cT<\/span>he mood of the music becomes very perceptible and much more apparent,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s easier to feel like you\u2019re in an artist\u2019s specific world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Weed also helps Lindsey, 34, get out of her head and into the music. \u201cI fall into this wormhole of getting into the lyrics or the guitar or synth,\u201d she says. But with edibles, she can sometimes feel the music <\/span>too <\/span><\/i>much \u2014 to the point where it actually makes her nauseous. After eating them at a Mykki Blanco concert, she “could feel the bass through the bench.”<\/span><\/p>\n MDMA<\/b><\/p>\n Most MDMA users love how it makes music sound; that\u2019s part of the drug’s appeal. \u201c<\/span>Music becomes more euphoric, much like the drug itself,\u201d says Peter. \u201cI\u2019m not someone who loves dancing, but on MDMA, I love to dance.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Nadia describes a similar effect. Ecstasy helped her enjoy dancing to house music for the first time, and often, the music serves as a blissful backdrop to self-discovery. \u201cThe dancing resembles a trance, and you can travel in your mind, realize things about yourself,\u201d she explains. <\/span><\/p>\n David, 28, likes to listen to trance on MDMA because it\u2019s \u201cengineered to be more emotional and molly gives me the feels.\u201d But, he adds, a variety of music will sound like \u201cthe best music ever\u201d on MDMA. <\/span><\/p>\n Cocaine<\/b><\/p>\n In Peter\u2019s experience, coke doesn\u2019t affect music-listening at all. Nadia believes it actually hurts the club scene by making people aggressive if they get addicted. \u201cCocaine is not helping the music industry,\u201d she says. \u201cA lot of DJs have replaced it with meditation and clean living. This is how the scene can keep on flourishing.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Coke makes David \u201ca zombie,\u201d but it does make the repetitive sounds of techno and house more enjoyable for him.<\/span><\/p>\n Ketamine<\/b><\/p>\n For Nadia, music on K can be a journey through space and time. She remembers one particularly otherworldly experience as “Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak played at a club. \u201cIt felt like that song lasted forever,\u201d she says. \u201cI went to the beach where the video takes place. I felt like I had lived a whole love story, and then I came back at the end of the song. I asked my friend if they had only played the song once. She said yes… so I had a whole other life experience in four minutes.\u201d Nadia finds that people on K look happier on the dance floor than they do on club drugs like MDMA that can have a harsh comedown. <\/span><\/p>\n Daniel Saynt, Chief Conspirator at the New Society for Wellness (NSFW)<\/a> a private members club which\u00a0organizes the physician-led responsible drug use class \u201cJust Say Know,”<\/span>\u00a0likes pairing K with spiritual music, since the combination helps him turn inward and explore his own psyche. <\/span><\/p>\n LSD<\/b><\/p>\n