Posted by Orin Kerr:
Professors Taking Performance-Enhancing Drugs:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2007_12_16-2007_12_22.shtml#1198272753
From the [1]Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog, via
[2]IsThatLegal:
Some university faculty members have started popping 'smart'
pills to enhance their mental energy and ability to work long
hours.
In a commentary published in Nature on Thursday, Barbara Sahakian
and Sharon Morein-Zamir of the University of Cambridge revealed an
informal survey showing that a handful of colleagues, all involved
in studying drugs that help people perform better mentally, would
take the drugs.
The notion raises hackles in some parts of academe. "It smells to
me a lot like taking steroids for physical prowess," said Barbara
Prudhomme White, an associate professor of occupational therapy at
the University of New Hampshire, who has studied the abuse of
Ritalin by college students. With the recent revelations about the
use of performance-enhancing drugs in professional baseball, she
sees parallels between striving athletes and faculty members.
References
1.
http://chronicle.com/news/article/3673/brain-boosting-drugs-hit-the-faculty-lounge
2. http://www.isthatlegal.org/archives/2007/12/scholarship_on.html
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