Letter to the government. In this letter I want to be able to recognise the advantages and disadvantages of smart drugs. Smart drugs, are drugs that have been bought from online pharmacies, by students who are taking them to help to further their skills

29/09/10

Dear sir/Madame,

There have been many issues raised, and discussions made of smart drugs. In this letter I want to be able to recognise the advantages and disadvantages of smart drugs. Smart drugs, are drugs that have been bought from online pharmacies, by students who are taking them to help to further their skills in there exams. Students describe this drug as a sensation of alert after drinking coffee first thing in the morning; however other people say that students won’t be getting the right results to their ability as they have used drugs to help them increase in their memory and concentration.

These smart drugs, that students dream to be able to take, find it very easy to get hold of these as there are internet pharmacies that sell these. These drugs have many advantages to them such as; they can increase your energy level, awareness, and high concentration levels. It is aid to give users a compulsion to complete tasks. These drugs are very easy to get held of, it can improve your mood, they can be used to treat diseases, and you are more alert and awake for exams. It’s a drug that students call great for improving academic performance. A university student who took those drugs described it as ‘I just felt like I could concentrate a lot and wanted to get stuff done. I ended up writing a 10 page essay, loads of emails and tidied my room’ with the right supervision, these drugs are legitimate way to boost performance.

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In the other hand all good have their bad sides too. As smart drugs have their disadvantages too. Smart drugs can cause side effects such as; insomnia, anxiety, heart problems along with psychotic episodes. Ken Checkni, a specialist in addictive behaviour at st George ’s university of London has been confronted with some of the more extreme realities of taking these performance drugs. He says ‘ the user might have a mood disorder not quite as bad as a cocaine crash but close to it. They might feel suicidal!’ these drugs are highly expensive and it wouldn’t be fair for students who cant afford these drugs. They are only legally available by prescription, but are only prescribed for their purposes. With drugs that are easily available and the potential effects speaking for them, some academics worry that these drugs will soon, if they haven’t already, infiltrate the UK university system. Senior lecturer of Bristol University says, ‘these drugs will multiply in number, range and power. I can see there are huge potential benefits, but they challenge many of the values we have in education and society.’ And that is a crucial area that needs to be discussed by those in charge when it comes to deciding fate of these smart drugs, as they do promote and ethic of cheating rather than merely working hard to achieve your goals.

In my opinion smart drugs are very potentially useful, but they have been specially designed for a reason, and using them for exams to help boost their performance level. Smart drugs were originally designed to treat diseases, so by using these drugs for a different reason would be miss using them. By using drugs to help enhance your ability of skills in particular areas, is basically cheating, because and exam is designed to test your skills, not so you can show off about exam results and get a poxy job, because after you get that job you wont be able to deal with future situations. By using drug goes against my beliefs and against rules of society. This is just my opinion but you are the government I can trust that you group of people can make the right decisions, more importantly end the discussion of smart drugs and how they should be used.

Yours faithfully

Nilema Nasrine