Classical lovers high on more than music

Do you prefer La Traviata while on magic mushrooms, or Berlioz after a spliff? You may not be alone.

A study by University of Leicester psychologist Adrian North has found the music you love may suggest how you live — including your likelihood of taking drugs.

His research suggests that more than one quarter of classical music fans use cannabis and 12.3 per cent of opera buffs have tried magic mushrooms.

North surveyed 2,500 British music lovers for a study that will appear in the journal Psychology of Music.

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