Came across an article about the rise of off-label drugs that students and professionals use to enhance productivity. Originally used for real medical conditions, drugs like Modafinil or Adderall are now popular even for healthy people as many try to seek an advantage in the work place.
Modafinil is one of an arsenal of drugs, which includes Adderall, Ritalin, and Concerta, that are increasingly used “off-label" by college students and adults seeking greater productivity. Just 1.5 percent of adults aged 26 to 34 were taking ADHD medications in 2008, but that number had almost doubled to 2.8 percent in 2013, as FiveThirtyEight points out. Though these drugs treat real medical conditions—ADHD, in Adderall’s case; narcolepsy, in modafinil’s—many of the people who take them don’t have those conditions.
Modafinil, the new narcolepsy drug that is being introduced, seems to work wonders without much of a health risk. So far, banker's death cases on the news are mostly suicides; I haven't come across an article about someone who died at the workplace due to drug overdose.
Out of all cognitive processes, modafinil was found to improve decision-making and planning the most in the 24 studies the authors reviewed. Some of the studies also showed gains in flexible thinking, combining information, or coping with novelty. The drug didn’t seem to influence creativity either way.Still, some psychiatrists say the health risks of cognitive enhancers are overstated. Millions of adults take these drugs. Not all of them have ADHD or sleep disorders. And yet, investment bankers and corporate lawyers aren’t dropping dead at their desks.
What are your thoughts on the morality and ethics of getting ahead in the workplace by using doping? Would you consider taking them to get a raise/promotion? The article infers that using drugs is cheating, just like Lance Armstrong at the Tour de France. But again, this is not professional sports right? Or maybe it is.
My opinion is that if you can't deliver without drugs, then stay away from them. You build up tolerance, costs money, illegal, etc. Not gonna delve into the whole drug debate (FWIW, I'm pro drugs and personal choice), but I think this kind of stuff can be a slippery slope to addiction for many people...when you go from recreational use to necessity because of job performance.
^ Agreed. Definitely fun to use these kinds of drugs recreationally, but with a rare exception of continual all-nighters, there's no need for these drugs unless you lack motivation.
Who drinks coffee? Yea that's right caffeine is technically a drug.
Coffee isn't amphetamines though. You're not going to become dangerously dependent on coffee
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