Time: The Case for Cognitive Enhancement

In der Time Onlineausgabe findet sich ein Bericht zu Verwendung von Adderall, Ritalin und Modafinil und die Diskussion über die Freigabe dieser Mittel:

Smart drugs are used widely off-campus as well: fighter pilots take stimulants to enhance alertness and cognition on critical missions; in the civilian world, executives take beta-blockers to calm nerves, while some time-pressed writers use wakefulness drugs, like modafinil, to meet deadlines. It’s become commonplace enough that a group of seven leading bioethicists and neuroscientists published an editorial in the science journal Nature last month advocating the use of performance-boosting drugs. „Cognitive enhancement has much to offer individuals and society,“ the authors wrote, „and a proper societal response will involve making enhancements available while managing their risks.“