Would you take brain drugs as a healthy person?

[CBC News]

Several scientists say healthy people should have the right to boost their brains with pills, like those prescribed for hyperactive kids or memory-impaired older folks.

They say college students are already illegally taking prescription stimulants like Ritalin to help them study, and demand for such drugs is likely to grow elsewhere.

Writing in the journal Nature, the scientists say that society should welcome new methods of improving brain function.

They say accomplishing it with pills is no more morally objectionable than eating right or getting a good night's sleep.

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[karrie]

I can tell you right now I wouldn't take them from anyone who called them 'brain drugs'. Sheesh.

 

[hermanntrude]

i certainly wouldnt take ritalin. I've seen what it does to people. chompchompchompmumblemumblemumble

 

[GroundWater]

I actually eat a can of sardines every day for lunch, cheap and very healthy, excellent brain food, rich in omega 3 fatty acids, vitamin B12, vitamin D, and high in protein.

 

[Cliffy]

Considering the vast array of chemicals that we are exposed to on a daily basis through pollution, what difference will it make? Our exposure to our environment since the industrial revolution is slowly turning us into mutants. As a friend used to say, "Why wait for the holocaust? Mutate now!"

 

[JLM]

Considering the vast array of chemicals that we are exposed to on a daily basis through pollution, what difference will it make? Our exposure to our environment since the industrial revolution is slowly turning us into mutants. As a friend used to say, "Why wait for the holocaust? Mutate now!"

The "drug store" philosophy is one of the main offenders when it comes to killing people.

 

[Cliffy]

The "drug store" philosophy is one of the main offenders when it comes to killing people.

JLM,

One has to wonder about the brain damage being caused by Ritalin and other drugs being fed our kids. It may get them through school without getting kicked out but what happens on the job. Do they have to graduate to Prozac? The drug companies are creating an entire generation of drug addicts while most people are so focused on street drugs they don't see what is going right in front of their noses. What a twisted freaking mess.

 

[VanIsle]

Considering the vast array of chemicals that we are exposed to on a daily basis through pollution, what difference will it make? Our exposure to our environment since the industrial revolution is slowly turning us into mutants. As a friend used to say, "Why wait for the holocaust? Mutate now!"

Why would you think that Cliff? You are one of the first to say that Big Pharma is the bad guy and we should only use natural remedies. Money and power may be turning us into mutants. By that I mean that most households have at least two people at a job earning money to pay for the mortgage. Kids are doing what they will with parents still believing their kids won't mis-behave. Parents buy guilt gifts (cell phones, Ipods, etc. etc.) and kids run their parents. That is the mutation taking place - it's not the "air". I cannot imagine why they think these drugs would be popular with an aging pop. that doesn't require them unless memory loss is becoming a problem. Some of you know the trouble I had learning my codes. I finally realized I was just paralilized by the fear that I might actually fail the test. Now when people marvel at how many numbers all of us know I just tell them I'm in training for those later years.

 

[VanIsle]

Considering the vast array of chemicals that we are exposed to on a daily basis through pollution, what difference will it make? Our exposure to our environment since the industrial revolution is slowly turning us into mutants. As a friend used to say, "Why wait for the holocaust? Mutate now!"

Why would you think that Cliff? You are one of the first to say that Big Pharma is the bad guy and we should only use natural remedies. Money and power may be turning us into mutants. By that I mean that most households have at least two people at a job earning money to pay for the mortgage. Kids are doing what they will with parents still believing their kids won't mis-behave. Parents buy guilt gifts (cell phones, Ipods, etc. etc.) and kids run their parents. That is the mutation taking place - it's not the "air". I cannot imagine why they think these drugs would be popular with an aging pop. that doesn't require them unless memory loss is becoming a problem. Some of you know the trouble I had learning my codes. I finally realized I was just paralized by the fear that I might actually fail the test. Now when people marvel at how many numbers all of us know I just tell them I'm in training for those later years.

 

[VanIsle]

The "drug store" philosophy is one of the main offenders when it comes to killing people.

JLM,

One has to wonder about the brain damage being caused by Ritalin and other drugs being fed our kids. It may get them through school without getting kicked out but what happens on the job. Do they have to graduate to Prozac? The drug companies are creating an entire generation of drug addicts while most people are so focused on street drugs they don't see what is going right in front of their noses. What a twisted freaking mess.

Now this sounds more like you. Whew! Thought you lost it for a second there.:smile: