Part of what makes a songwriter brilliant is their ability to spin a tale through song that might seem to be about one thing, but is really about another thing. That’s the heart of media literacy.

There’s an array of colors, shapes and forms in the list below of the Top 40 Drug Songs, just as it is with the substances themselves. You’ll find celebrations, experimental insights and cautionary ...

Many classic rock songs are about drugs. The Beatles’ “Let It Be” seems more innocuous than most drug songs. Paul McCartney discussed how substances influenced the track. During a 2011 interview with ...

Living by the creed of “sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll” can be a lot of fun. But as anyone who has tried that approach likely knows, it can also get out of hand quite quickly. Drugs in anyone’s world, ...

When the Illinois Crime Commission released their list of “drug-oriented rock records” in 1971, they weren’t technically banning radio stations in the state from playing the songs. Just before the ICC ...

Martin Rojas Ortiz, a Hackensack High School student, won $5,000 for his song 'Bruno.' HACKENSACK — Martin Rojas Ortiz, 16, has seen firsthand the dangers of teenage drug and alcohol use. “This close ...