Go to any live-music event and there will be signs of drug use of some sort in the crowd. Even sitting among the well-heeled gentry of the opera, there’s bound to be one guy who smoked a fatty in his ...

As August comes to a close, I had the challenge of picking a fifth and final topic for Drug Month. There were plenty of options–alcohol, tobacco, Quaaludes, club drugs, bath salts, and so on, but I ...

No matter how you view straight edge or straight edge bands, it's an undeniable part of punk culture. The idea of opting out of a life with alcohol, drugs, and promiscuous sex has raised a lot of ...

In 1981, hardcore punk band Minor Threat's "Straight Edge" song presented the idea of living drug-free. The song became the impetus for a subculture that advocated abstinence from promiscuous sex, ...