MOLLY MUSIC
The US Narcotic Enforcement Administration (DEA) classifies Molly as an illicit drug called MDMA, however, it is more often referred to as Ecstasy or Molly. It is sometimes referred to be a date rape drug due to a trend in which males would put it into women's drinks at clubs in order to weaken the women's defenses and change their senses. According to reports, the substance 'Molly,' which is being romanticized in music by certain Jamaican musicians and has been on the radar of the National Council on Drug Abuse for some time, is now again causing worry, since it is being used to instigate the sexual 'battery' of unsuspecting women at parties. Molly, according to the DEA, is a laboratory-created narcotic that provides users with psychedelic experiences that typically last 3 to 6 hours. According to recent reports and testimony from various Dancehall musicians, Molly usage has become an "epidemic" and is largely accepted among Jamaica's younger population. However, lyrics regarding molly are progressively becoming popular among newer singers in the dancehall arena, such as Navaz and Skeng's "Pop Molly." In Jamaica, there is rising worry regarding molly usage among young people. Young people are using drugs for what they perceive to be short-term remedies, such as boosting sexual encounters but are unaware of the long-term consequences. Uki Atkinson, a research analyst shared at a Ministry of Health & Wellness press conference in September of this year, “We have a major problem in terms of access, exposure risk perception. All of these things are impacting our young people and we really want to make the point that drug use is not just the be-all and end-all. Sometimes it’s just the symptoms of deeper things that are going on among our adolescents,” Atkinson said. She emphasized that, while Molly is not a new party drug on the island, its glorification in dancehall music has increased its appeal among youths.
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It’s crazy how dancehall music caused the rise in use of this ‘Molly’ drug, especially for young individuals. I didn’t even know ‘Molly’ was a thing until now.
ReplyDelete1. While I think the ban has some amount of potential I don’t think it will have a great effect. The youth of today are the major interest groups that dancehall is being marketed to and they receive all this product mainly through social media, not radio.
DeleteI always believe that people should be held accountable for their actions rather than blaming others or in this case blaming the music. The music didn’t make you decide to do an irrational action, Your poor reasoning did. But I’m one of the few with this view
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