Drugs Do Not Make You Better At Anything
03October

Drugs Do Not Make You Better At Anything

Written by Brett Brostrom, Posted on , in Section Turn For The Better

In the world of creativity, (especially in the music scene) drugs are a social norm. In fact, several studies have shown that people with a higher IQ are more likely to use drugs and alcohol than others. Despite the fact that many musicians, artists, and other creative geniuses say that drugs have helped them in their creative careers, the fact is that drugs are more of a hinderance than a help.

The life of a musician can be a crazy one. Months on the road at a time, sleeping in a different place every night, partying with random strangers- it’s not easy. Many musicians have been very vocal about how drugs help them write better. But the reality is that drugs are more of a hinderance than a help. Kurt Cobain, deceased frontman for the popular 90s rock band Nirvana, battled with addiction and even attempted suicide by a heroin overdose says this about using drugs: “Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good at all.”

Being famous and in the limelight seems like a pretty appealing lifestyle to the younger generation. Nowadays especially, our culture has become more and more accepting of recreational marijuana use and the whole party scene. Several states have legalized recreational marijuana use (with some stipulations of course) that might make it seem like it’s ok to use drugs.

Why Are People So Convinced Drugs Promote Creativity?

Recent studies have show that kids with higher IQs are much more likely to use drugs versus those kids who score lower on those tests. Stopthedrugwar.com reports on the findings: “The data come from the 1970 British Cohort Study, which has been following thousands of people over decades. The kids' IQs were tested at the ages of 5, 10 and 16. The study also asked about drug use and looked at education and other socioeconomic factors. Then when participants turned 30, they were asked whether they had used drugs such as marijuana, cocaine and heroin in the past year. Researchers discovered men with high childhood IQs were up to two times more likely to use illegal drugs than their lower-scoring counterparts. Girls with high IQs were up to three times more likely to use drugs as adults.”

To explain a little further, you might have heard about how high ice cream intake causes skin cancer. The fact of the matter is that people eat ice cream more often in the summer when they’re outside in less clothing and protection from the sun than they would regularly have during the winter months. Therefore, it’s not the higher ice cream intake that causes skin cancer, it’s the sun. This is defined by the phrase “correlation does not imply causation.” Just because there is a correlation between two variables doesn’t mean that one causes the other.

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