The Underground World Of Neuroenhancing Drugs By Margaret Talbot

Neuroenhancing drugs are slowly becoming more popular in college students’ lives today. This increased use may be because of lack of focus or academic performance enhancement. Margaret Talbot, author of “The Underground World of ‘Neuroenhancing’ Drugs”, dives deeper into this finding by interviewing a series of college students and top professors who take a stance their side of the case. Talbot believes that college campuses have become laboratories for neuroenhancing drugs. By starting off with concrete evidence from an actual college student who has an Adderall addiction, Talbot is able to get the insight as to what actually goes on and why it happens. In addition, many statistics are introduced, as well as highly recognized and intelligent professors, to strengthen her article. On the
With this article being published in 2009, Talbot uses recent studies to support her findings. One of them, studied in 2005, came to the conclusion that in 2004, “4.1% of American undergraduate had taken prescription stimulants for off-label use” (P6). Using this statistic shows that using neuroenhancers are becoming more and more popular in today’s world. This also improves her credibility because it shows that she has done research to help support her ideas. She also references BoredAt Web Sites that are supposed to be used to help study; however, they are being used as ways to sell and use Adderall. College students are taking advantage of these sites, and they are using them in a frowned-upon way. Talbot references many professors from prestigious universities to add evidence and credibility into her article. These professors give scientific studies or opinions on the subject, regarding what they think. Using both studies and significant opinions from professors, Talbot effectively includes more credibility into her