In January, Nature launched an informal survey into readers' use of cognition-enhancing drugs. Brendan Maher has waded through the results and found large-scale use and a mix of attitudes towards the drugs.
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Maher, B. Poll results: look who's doping. Nature 452, 674–675 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452674a
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