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Pop lyrics no longer sing praises of durgs

Contrary to popular belief, music since the 1960s has viewed drugs in an increasingly less positive light, according to research

THE GUARDIAN , LONDON

They contrast sharply with the message from Biohazard's 1994 Failed Territory -- "another neighborhood gets destroyed by the drug deal" -- which attacks the systemic problem associated with drug use and is shared by nearly half of the 1990s songs analysed by Markert.

"1990s music such as Biohazard's sees nothing good with dope. Drugs are bad; there is no equivocation, no okay drugs such as marijuana or LSD and many of them link cannabis to other drugs such as cocaine as a gateway drug."

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