# Is "Because I Got High" pro- or anti-drug? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 25, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-because-i-got-high-pro-or-anti-drug/78105 "2001-08-25T18:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-because-i-got-high-pro-or-anti-drug/78105/21 "2001-08-29T16:30:32Z")
That’s a new one to me. But this song is reasonably fast-paced, and entirely intelligible, so I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-because-i-got-high-pro-or-anti-drug/78105/22 "2001-08-29T18:43:22Z")
**pcubed** , having heard a small sample of screwed music on NPR not long ago (gawd, could I sound more like a white girl from Iowa?), I’d say that “Because I Got High” is different, because voice track wasn’t slowed-down. Then again, I haven’t heard much screwed music, so whaddo I know. I don’t think “Because I Got High” is anti-drug, but that’s what all the kids are telling their parents, I’m sure. 🙂 It’s funny and catchy. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-because-i-got-high-pro-or-anti-drug/78105/23 "2001-08-29T18:48:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nacho4Sara \* > \*\*Yup! Need some furniture? 🙂 \*\* Hi! No, you don’t know me, but I do need some new furniture. Can you help a fellow doper get a leather living room set for a good price? 🙂 (As for the OP: Hey, I haven’t even heard the song yet. I was just reading this thread because I liked the subject) ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-because-i-got-high-pro-or-anti-drug/78105/24 "2001-08-29T19:13:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Podkayne \* > \*\ ***pcubed** , having heard a small sample of screwed music on NPR not long ago (gawd, could I sound more like a white girl from Iowa?), I’d say that “Because I Got High” is different, because voice track wasn’t slowed-down. Then again, I haven’t heard much screwed music, so whaddo I know. > > I don’t think “Because I Got High” is anti-drug, but that’s what all the kids are telling their parents, I’m sure. 🙂 It’s funny and catchy. \*\* Yeah, I heard that same piece on NPR. That’s why when I first heard the song I though of it. ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-because-i-got-high-pro-or-anti-drug/78105/25 "2001-08-29T19:18:34Z")
Come on, this is a serious anti-drug song? My take on it, listening to the end credits of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, was that it was just a goofy little song intended to elicit a knowing chuckle from the stoners in the theater. The guys singing seemed to be hamming it up appropriately. ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-because-i-got-high-pro-or-anti-drug/78105/26 "2001-08-29T22:28:44Z")
I kind of like the song because it’s got (IMHO) a realistic and balanced view. It says to me, “Drugs are fun (duh! or so many people wouldn’t do them recreationally) but can have negative effects on your life if you indulge.” It’s also really funny, which always gets points in my world. ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-because-i-got-high-pro-or-anti-drug/78105/27 "2001-08-30T03:44:03Z")
What I can’t understand is how the same station that plays the radio version of this song unedited bleeps the heck out of “What it’s like”. Not that I’m complaining that the station shouldn’t play the song, it’s catchy and funny and fun to listen to. I’d just rather have them not bleep the songs that take themselves seriously as well. LV ---
**Author:** ![Trucido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Trucido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trucido)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-because-i-got-high-pro-or-anti-drug/78105/28 "2001-08-30T04:23:34Z")
Hijack, but I know what you’re talking about, **LordVor**. The radio station I listen to, out of Shreveport, LA, bleeps out ‘chrome-plated .45’ for reasons I can’t quite puzzle out. ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-because-i-got-high-pro-or-anti-drug/78105/29 "2001-08-30T13:51:51Z")
Regarding Everlast’s “What its Like”: The bleeping isn’t done by the radio stations, the record label puts out the censored radio versions. Yeah, and “What its Like” takes it to silly extremes, bleeping out words like “drugs” and “gun”, but this might be intentional in an ironic sort of way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-because-i-got-high-pro-or-anti-drug/78105.md?page=1)