Brain Doping: The New Frontier Of Performance Enhancing Drugs
source: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-braindoping20dec20,0,5741092,full.story
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Performance-enhancing drugs are not just for athletes... or impotent men... There's another kind of drug that builds up your mental muscle, and academics, musicians, students and poker players are taking the pills to sharpen their minds. Adderall, Provigil, Ritalin, Inderal... the drugs are all legal and prescribed for other disorders such as ADD, ADHD, narcolepsy and Alzheimer's. The effect of the drugs on healthy people hasn't been tested much, and like with any drug there are negative side effects if taken improperly. Labs are now racing to develop a memory pill.
"Unlike the anabolic steroids, human growth hormone and blood-oxygen boosters that plague athletic competitions, the brain drugs haven't provoked similar outrage. People who take them say the drugs aren't giving them an unfair advantage but merely allow them to make the most of their hard-earned skills."
Do you agree? Or should we be more concerned about pill popping for a bit of "cosmetic neurology"?
"Unlike the anabolic steroids, human growth hormone and blood-oxygen boosters that plague athletic competitions, the brain drugs haven't provoked similar outrage. People who take them say the drugs aren't giving them an unfair advantage but merely allow them to make the most of their hard-earned skills."
Do you agree? Or should we be more concerned about pill popping for a bit of "cosmetic neurology"?
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