Poll: Should (legal, safe) nootropics be banned from academic tests?

Apr 22, 2007

Looks like unequivocal support for universal access to smart drugs, as opposed to bans or the even more problematic attempt to handicap test results:

This week’s poll: Should future violent criminals be offered brain-changing therapies?

For some reading on this topic check out:

Scientists look to disrupt the brain chemistry of violence,”  Physorg.com  April 22, 2007

Law, Responsibility, and the Brain,” Dean Mobbs, Hakwan C. Lau, Owen D. Jones, Christopher D. Frith (2007) PLoS Biology 5(4): e103

Violent, antisocial, beyond redemption?” NewScientist, 11 April 2007

Managing Dangerous People with Severe Personality Disorder,” UK Justice Dept, 1999

Should We Cure Bad Behavior? Tough questions about crime and neuro-rehabilitation,” Ronald Bailey, Reason, June 1, 2005

On the Need for New Criteria of Diagnosis of Psychosis in the Light of Mind Invasive Technology,” Carole Smith