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Psychopharm Going 'Mainstream' In Schools?
PizzaFace writes "Back in the day, college was a place where a lot of kids tried recreational drugs. Now the world's more competitive, psychopharmaceuticals are better targeted, and millions of students are routinely using drugs to work better and longer. Stimulants developed for attention deficit and narcolepsy are giving mentally healthy students an edge like athletes get from steroids or human growth hormone. These psychotropics seem fairly safe, but should they be banned in the interest of fairness, perhaps with enforcement by urine tests before exams? Or do we tell our kids that, if they want to compete in this brave new world, they better find some Adderall and jack their brains up like their classmates'." If college students are doing it, how many programmers are? What say you?
90% of current programmers probably do not use those drugs, since they're overkill for Visual Basic coding...
Karma cannot be described by words alone.
Like, I'm sooo stoned right now. It's totally, like, helping me write a Google Homepage plugin for checking your MySpace notifications. That way I can keep in contact with the people who do my homework for me! I tried a few drugs to help me as a programmer, but pot is the best. I tried coke for motivation and to focus, but like, I totally ended up foaming at the mouth playing WoW online. I tried LSD, then tried to program my cat to feed itself. I tried snorting my Mom's Zoloft, but I felt so good about my programming, I totally like, stopped tweaking it and it's still full of bugs. But when I smoke pot, I lay around playing XBox until the last minute when I drink an entire pot of coffee and my panic driven code is the best I could ever hope to write sober. Like pharmies are so pill-popping '80's. Sounds like something babyboomers would worry about, like, for reals.
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while I can walk into a cloud of pot smoke at my apartment complex even when the police are nearby
is this a bug or a feature?How are these kids getting drugs, anyway?
They buy them?
KFG
The line would be on the mirror.
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"These drugs are not safe."
Confirmed.
Not only that they don't make you smarter. They just keep you awake. They would be good for data entry or writing an english 101 paper, but not for doing anything that requires actual thought and substance.
For that you need good old fashioned recreational drugs... SEE: LSD!!!
Ya I have ADHD and use it too and it works graet!! Y0u wanna ride bikes?
Wow, Python was really scary. Chased me around the room for a half an hour.
Finals are in 21 hours :(
I use a simple shot of cocaine, seven per-cent solution, to keep my brain stimulated.
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