A report by Margaret Talbot in this week's New Yorker described the recent rise of "neuroenhancing" drugs in modern American culture and, of course, in the Ivy League.
Interviewing an anonymous Harvard student called "Alex," Talbot reports that more and more students at competitive colleges are turning to such drugs. Some students against this off label use go so far as to say that working and taking tests on Adderall and Ritalin amounts to cheating.
Wow, whiners. Take a chill pill. Or some Focalin.
In all seriousness though, what does the increasing use of such drugs spell for competition on college campuses? And to all the dealers out there: get your prescription pads ready, this may be lucrative.
WAS
(image source: newyorker.com)
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