This article is idiotic. Adderall is not a neuroenhancer. It is not nootropipc. It's an anti-narcaleptic (something that keeps you from falling asleep). A t

This article is idiotic. Adderall is not a neuroenhancer. It is not nootropipc. It's an anti-narcaleptic (something that keeps you from falling asleep). A true nootropic doesn't increase the amount of crappy work you can put out. It makes your brain capable of greater peak performance. At this time, there aren't many drugs that fit this category, but there are a few. Caffeine, for one, does have nootropic effects after long term use. In multiple long-term studies, it's been strongly correlated with extra "spindly" dendrite structure and enhanced short term memory. Probably the most effective well-research neuroenhancers are racetams(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetams) (such as piracetam). They aren't popular with struggling students because they're a long term treatment. I.e., they won't help with your test next Friday, but after months to years of use, they'll make you a smarter person. What Margaret Talbot did in this article would be akin to writing about athletic enhancers, ignoring things like steroids and just writing about people who take speed before the big game.