"Straight edge, to me, is about having a healthy mind and a healthy body," said Nick Riggs, 17, of Apple Valley, who has been a part of the straight edge culture for the past three years.

Straight edge is a movement that began in the punk rock scene of the early ‘80s when “sex, drugs and rock and roll” was a common theme in music. In 1981, punk band Minor Threat released a song called ...

For Tyler Short, the singer of Inclination, taking the path of straight edge didn’t start from the extreme place that the ’90s straight edge culture typified.