Submission + - Sound as the new illegal narcotic? (youtube.com)
ehrichweiss writes: News 9 in Oklahoma City has a nonsense story about how the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics is warning parents and teachers of a new threat to our children: sounds. Apparently kids are now discovering binaural beats and using them to get "physiological effects". The report goes on with everyone suggesting that they will act as a gateway to drug usage and even has one student claiming there are "demons" involved. Anyone who has used one of those light/sound machines knows all about the effects that these sounds will give and to state that they will lead kids to do drugs is nonsense at best. It seems the trend in scaring the citizens with a made-up problem has gone to the next level. As someone who has been experimenting with binaural beats for meditation and even to improve study/learning for almost 20 years, I find it surprising the Bureau of Narcotics, teachers, principals, parents and reporters couldn't do a little research to discover exactly how long these things have been around and how harmless they really are.
