In the article, "Sing a song drug abuse: four decades of drug lyrics in popular music" by Markert John the author talks about songs dealing with illegal drugs have long dotted popular music. The drug lyrics became a recurring musical motif. In the article, the author talked about heroin and cocaine has been treated antagonistically. The author's songs encouraged people to search for a job and it reflected unemployment. He stated that music is kind of socializing agent and it reflects peoples beliefs and values. On the other hand, some people thought his music may teach people inappropriate behavior. Music affected change in attitude towards the drug and harmlessness of the drugs. The author stated marijuana is frequent used illegal drug and it causes harm to lungs. Cocaine was introduced in the 1980's and it became more pronounced. Marijuana was perceived as innocuous and recently positive assessment of marijuana was undergone change because younger musicians decry the harm that drugs do. In the article author stated that the proposal aspect of contemporary music has been largely ignored.
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