Woodstock has influenced the music festival era by paving the way for current festivals as well as influencing teenagers and adults with drug and alcohol use while making rock and roll a popular genre in the music industry. During this time, people felt as if they were freer than any other time in history, possibly because they were exposed to a more explicit way of living. Whether it was the bands who came on stage stoned or the few fans who smoked, it was quickly taken into consideration and soon marijuana smoking spread throughout the country. Contemporary bands made a huge breakthrough in America and people began to see the start of the ‘hippie’ era. But how much did the weed smoking and the rock and roll really change America?
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A significant amount of businessmen and stay-at-home mothers thought of this to be outrageous, but soon they would be apart of this revolution in history. The beginning of Woodstock was near the beginning of the ‘hippie’ era. The drugs, marijuana and LSD became widely popular among the people. This was the start of drug use which changed the perspectives of a lot of children. During the early 1960’s and even before, people would be caught dead if they were using some sort of drug. This is not only because drugs weren’t made as often as today, but it is also because people were scared to use them. David Gates wrote in the Newsweek Magazine in Twenty-Five years later, we’re still living in Woodstock Nation, that since the government has taken a step back from pressuring people to not use drugs, children have become more willing to do them (4). It all stems from them not believing they are bad because the government officials don’t stress it. Kids are getting into more trouble and into worse drugs than the Woodstock hippies would have liked to seen. Even they were terrified of
Today, there are many …show more content…
A significant amount of businessmen and stay-at-home mothers thought of this to be outrageous, but soon they would be apart of this revolution in history. The beginning of Woodstock was near the beginning of the ‘hippie’ era. The drugs, marijuana and LSD became widely popular among the people. This was the start of drug use which changed the perspectives of a lot of children. During the early 1960’s and even before, people would be caught dead if they were using some sort of drug. This is not only because drugs weren’t made as often as today, but it is also because people were scared to use them. David Gates wrote in the Newsweek Magazine in Twenty-Five years later, we’re still living in Woodstock Nation, that since the government has taken a step back from pressuring people to not use drugs, children have become more willing to do them (4). It all stems from them not believing they are bad because the government officials don’t stress it. Kids are getting into more trouble and into worse drugs than the Woodstock hippies would have liked to seen. Even they were terrified of