Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Should Brain Enhancing Drugs Be Legalized?

By Brandon Keim / Source: Wired Blog

If drugs can safely give your brain a boost, why not take them? And if you don't want to, why stop others?


In an era when attention-disorder drugs are regularly — and illegally — being used for off-label purposes by people seeking a better grade or year-end job review, these are timely ethical questions.


The latest answer comes from Nature, where seven prominent ethicists and neuroscientists recently published a paper entitled, "Towards a responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy."


In short: Legalize 'em.


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