A new application has been released for the iPhone. This application, called iDosing, encourages users to enter drug-like states. As the iPhone is a phenomenon for the y-generation this application is going straight into the hands of teens and younger. Make no mistake this seemingly harmless app can lead to serious addiction problems.

iDosing and digital drugs - can your kids really get high without narcotics?
news.com.au, Thursday July 16th

"Free legal drugs that can be downloaded through the internet? Parents, welcome to your new nightmare.

If "iDosing" is not the latest craze, it soon will be, as reports sweep the internet of kids achieving catatonic or hallucinogenic states simply by downloading and listening to "digital drugs".

And if it does catch on, you can blame the kids at Mustang High School in Oklahoma, who in March were caught wasted on "monotonous, layered sounds in a dark room".

While it sounds like a hoax, iDosing's caught on at Mustang High enough to convince staff to send letters home to parents warning them of the possible dangers.

"The parents' reaction was the same as mine. Just shocked," Mustang School District Superintendent Bonnie Lightfoot told NewsOK. "You've got to be kidding."

What those dangers are exactly, no one is yet to say.

What little analysis that has been done on the dangers of iDosing claim that while the practice itself is mostly harmless, there's a chance of it leading to more harmful addictions.

But first, a primer on how to iDose.

It's not that difficult - simply find a dark room, slip on your headphones and sit motionless.

Listen to repetitive, atonal tracks. A quick Google search for "iDose tracks" will bring up some options.

How much time it takes to achieve any transcendental state is entirely up to the user, but it might be prudent to make sure someone else knows you're in the cupboard...".

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