What is your opinion on taking brain-boosting drugs?

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In summary, my college professor was talking about brain-boosting drugs and their use in the science world. He seemed to support the idea with a belief that no one in the scientific world will criticize you for making a breakthrough if you used drugs to boost your performance. Unlike the sports world, which is based on a level playing field, the science world supports achieving great things regardless of how you get the results.
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Nature Publishing Group had a commentary from December 2008 - Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy:

Today, on university campuses around the world, students are striking deals to buy and sell prescription drugs such as Adderall and Ritalin — not to get high, but to get higher grades, to provide an edge over their fellow students or to increase in some measurable way their capacity for learning. These transactions are crimes in the United States, punishable by prison.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v456/n7223/full/456702a.html
 
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ViewsofMars said:
Nature Publishing Group had a commentary from December 2008 - Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy:

Yes, but nootropics are over-the-counter and not prescription drugs, and therefore not illegal by any means.
 
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G037H3 said:
Protip: they're called nootropics. :D

thehacker3 said:
Makes sense because the only one I know is call Nootropil. Thanks!

Nootropil is considered a prescription drug where I live.

Nootropil
How does it work?
Piracetam is a medicine used to treat certain types of movement disorder resulting from brain disease (e.g. myoclonus of cortical origin). Its exact mechanism of action is not fully understood. It is used as an adjunctive treatment (in combination with other medicines).

What is it used for?
Sudden spasm of muscles (myoclonus)
Warning!
You should not suddenly stop taking this medicine unless your doctor tells you otherwise.
This medicine may cause drowsiness. If affected do not drive or operate machinery.

Use with caution in
Decreased kidney function
Elderly people
Not to be used in
Breastfeeding
Children under 16 years of age
Moderate to severely decreased liver function
Pregnancy
Severely decreased kidney function

This medicine should not be used if you are allergic to one or any of its ingredients. Please inform your doctor or pharmacist if you have previously experienced such an allergy.
Please read on . . .
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100001864.html
 

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