Poll closed 26 June – see the results below.  I’ll be writing on this in a week or so

Would you – or do you – use drugs like Ritalin, donepezil or modafinil to improve your mental ability?

I’m interested in getting a sense of current use and attitudes, and would love as many people as possible to answer the rather quick and dirty straw poll below.

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It’s anonymous, so no chance of your answer being tracked back to you (although if you feel strongly about the issue, please do use the comments below).

(I’m hoping to write about this issue in the future, and wanted to get a very rough sense of where people are coming from.)

Thanks!

And please feel free to circulate this far and wide.

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For additional background, it’s worth reading today’s piece in The Independent on the use of these drugs amongst students, and Jamais Cascio’s personal reflections on their benefits.  John Harris’ article supporting the use of ritalin in the British Medical Journal can be found here, while Anjan Chatterjee’s arguements against (also in the British Medical Journal) can be read here.