Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Drug Enhancers

When looking at the Times website, I found one article very interesting. The article is entitled "Boosting Brain Stamina With Drugs." In this particular article, the drugs Adderall and Ritalin are being discussed because they are now known to be "cognitive enhancers". In this article a young man we will call Alex is taking the drug Adderall to assist him with his studies. Because Alex is a college student, works, and loves to hang out with his friends he thought that this particular drug would help him focus when it came time to write his many college papers. The drug Adderall didn't necessary help him write a better paper, it just allowed him to focus more on the task . If giving the opportunity to take this drug if I felt it was really needed I might do so. Depending of the various side effects of taking this drug I believe it could be very useful.http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/

1 comment:

  1. we talked about these drugs in class one day. they are all the rage, it seems, from the news, on campuses across the country. don't know if the drugs work to enhance brain power over time, or what the addictive potential of these drugs is. do you have any info. on these questions?

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