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Journalist Tells About His Smart Drugs Experiences
In an article available on The Independent web site journalist Johann Hari tells about his relationship to smart drugs, more specifically Modafinil. He decided to test smart drugs when he was feeling burnt out after a long series of foreign assignments.
Hari tells the pills gave him ability to reach and maintain a very deep [...] -
Smart Drugs & Work In The Future
In a report published in the Journal of Medical Ethics warn employers may soon try to force their employees to take brain enhancing drugs to be more efficient workers, presuming the same development in the smart drug culture continues.
Macleans.ca interviewed Dr. Jacob Appel, a bioethics lecturer at Brown University in Rhode Island about the subject:
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Times of London Writer Tests Modafinil
To see if the buzz around smart drugs is worth it, a writer of Times of London decided to try Modafinil, a drug normally prescribed for narcolepsy. He writes a report of his experience in Times Online.
Imbued with visions of a new, improved me, I visit that conveniently unregulated online pharmacy. Ritalin costs £58 for [...] -
Interview on Smart Drugs
Professors and students at the University of Cambridge Science Festival were interviewed about the implications of smart drugs. Here is some comments that were given. Watch the video below.
“I found it was very useful when I was just working. I felt I was more creative. I didn’t have a lot of inhibitions. When I was [...] -
Brain Doping Popular Among Academics
In Nature magazines survey the readers was asked about their use of cognition-enhancing drugs. The poll was taken aproximately 1400 readers which most of was scientists and others indicated they were academics or journalists. The results showed 86 percent of the participants had used brain enhancing drugs to improve concentration.
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The Benefits of Brain-Boosting Drugs Are Huge
Dr Nick Bostrom, the director of the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford argues that drug companies should be allowed to develop drugs that can improve our lives instead of just curing diseases.
Bostrom points out that all the drugs at the market with assumed cognitive-enhancing effects, such as Modafinil, are developed as [...]