Benniferus (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} benniferus) wrote,@ 2008-12-07 17:19:00 |
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Scientists back brain drugs for healthy people
So, this is interesting, because I already sort of do this. Vitamin B, in moderately high doses (two 500mg b-complex pills), triples my productivity, keeps me more focused, for longer periods of time. It also allows me to get through and entire day, without feeling tired, even if I've had problems sleeping the night before.
I know a large number of people who take one stimulant or another, some prescribed some not.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Healthy people should have the right to boost their brains with pills, like those prescribed for hyperactive kids or memory-impaired older folks, several scientists contend in a provocative commentary.
College students are already illegally taking prescription stimulants like Ritalin to help them study, and demand for such drugs is likely to grow elsewhere, they say.
"We should welcome new methods of improving our brain function," and doing it with pills is no more morally objectionable than eating right or getting a good night's sleep, these experts wrote in an opinion piece published online Sunday by the journal Nature.
So, this is interesting, because I already sort of do this. Vitamin B, in moderately high doses (two 500mg b-complex pills), triples my productivity, keeps me more focused, for longer periods of time. It also allows me to get through and entire day, without feeling tired, even if I've had problems sleeping the night before.
I know a large number of people who take one stimulant or another, some prescribed some not.
