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Do Recreational Drugs Help Programmers?

jfruh writes "Among the winners of last night's election: marijuana users. Voters in both Washington and Colorado approved referenda that legalized marijuana for recreational use, though the drug remains illegal under federal law. There's been a long-standing debate among programmers as to whether recreational drugs, including pot and hallucinagens like LSD, can actually help programmers code. Don't forget, there was a substantial overlap between the wave of computer professionals who came of age in the '60s and that era's counterculture." (There's even a good book on that topic.)

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  1. Re:This Is Disgusting And Sick by GameboyRMH · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And you probably drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes. Sad.

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