Why Do Smart Drugs Really Exist

Smart Drugs, do they really exist?

Imagine a drug that would make you smarter, make you more focused, boost your brainpower and or even turn short-term memory into long term memory. Would not that be perfect for anyone student or nonstudent? A drug used to treat narcolepsy called “Modafinil”, has been proved that it does all that, even to normal healthy people. When I came across this article not too long ago, I decided to do a little research about this prescription drug to see if in fact it does do what it is supposed to do.

As a student, like all others I wish to only graduate with the highest score I can possibly achieve. That enthused me to do a little bit of reading to get a background on this miracle drug. I could not believe the number of students around the world that are taking this drug. Students used to take drugs to get high. Now they take them to get higher grades. It made me curious to why I have not heard about it before. I found a survey done by the Oxford University showing that around 30 percent of their students are in fact taking this drug. And another survey that shows that not many like to admit their use of it. So that makes the 30 percent even greater percentage. The drug has not yet shown any serious side effects other than headaches,

Another source that I have came across, states that tricking your mind into believing something is something else, makes you believe in it. For example: giving a bottle of water to someone but replacing the label with “strength potion” can effectively trick them into truly thinking they have gotten stronger. Consequently when the students are taking the pills and going to study, they are actually subconsciously putting added effort into their work. I say that because the drug didn’t show as much change on some of the users as it did on others, and there might be another factor to their boosted