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These new mind enhancing drugs need not go down the path of adderall or other ADHD drugs. From my understanding those are based on amphetamine salts, with a hos
by DontGiveTwoFlux 8y ago
These new mind enhancing drugs need not go down the path of adderall or other ADHD drugs. From my understanding those are based on amphetamine salts, with a host of well known societal issues like you mentioned.
Maybe they would follow the route of birth control instead. Initially seen as a moral repugnancy by many, but eventually accepted pretty much universally. It alters the body in significant ways achieving the desired effect as well as a few other hard to quantify ones.
We should be cautious of bad side effects, but they are not a given.
- gnode 8y agoAs I understand it, birth control is designed to mimic the hormonal characteristics of pregnancy; a state which is otherwise natural and usually well tolerated by the body. I'd say the use of this drug for Alzheimer's patients is more similar to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopause. Use in neurotypicals to increase intelligence, would then be similar to hormone therapy as used by transsexual and intersex people, and possibly warrant a similar risk analysis.