Schoolchildren could be given 'smart drugs' in a bid to boost brainpower

[PatriotOne]

The teachers are worried about whether the poor children will have access to the drugs? THAT is the debate ?

Schoolchildren could be given 'smart drugs' in a bid to boost brainpower
By Laura Clark

Last updated at 9:32 PM on 19th September 2008

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-given-smart-drugs-bid-boost-brainpower.html

Schools will soon have to ensure all pupils have access to brain-enhancing 'smart drugs', according to officially funded experts.

They said teachers risk claims of bias against poorer children if they fail to give all pupils the same chance to take a new generation of pills which boost attention, concentration and memory.

Researchers predict that within a generation, cognition enhancing drugs - or 'cogs' - will be so advanced that parents and teachers will be able to 'manipulate biology' to enhance pupils' brainpower.

But schools will have to address 'ethical issues about haves and have-nots', said the scientists led by Bristol University.

'If "cogs" are only available to those who can afford them, what does this mean for equality?' their report asked.

'It may be unethical to deny the chance for pupils to take advantage of such enhancements.

'Educators will at least need to know about what smart drugs are being taken by their pupils.

'They may need to have a hand in deciding whether some pupils need to take such drugs.'

Schools may also need to hold drug tests to monitor and regulate the use of performance-enhancers, according to the researchers.

They were commissioned by Futurelab, a think-tank and charity funded by the Government to help shape the future of education.

The study depicts a brave new world, where pupils' DNA profiles would be stored on memory sticks.

Brain scanners would give staff real-time read-outs of pupils' thinking, allowing them to tailor lessons more effectively.

It also predicted that within 25 years, so-called 'smart drugs' will be specific enough for pupils to choose drugs for particular mental faculties.

These could include improving memory, attention, mood or motivation.

Doctors are already reporting that healthy students are taking Ritalin, the controversial hyperactivity medication, as it is thought to boost concentration. Modafinil, a stimulant known as the 'stay awake' pill, is also being taken to boost exam performance.

There is a booming Internet black market in the drugs, with reports of parents encouraging children taking exams to use them.

Some students at Oxford University are believed to be trading them in college libraries.

Meanwhile, procedures designed to treat degenerative diseases are also being developed to assist with learning and concentration.

Dubbed 'Botox for the brain', they involve magnetic pulses stimulating particular brain regions.

Yesterday's report, part of a £1.5million project on the future of schooling, warns that the sideeffects of long-term use of smart drugs are unknown.

The Academy of Medical Sciences has previously warned that smart drugs need to be regulated.

 

[Otter Mii-kun]

enough drugs already!

First, Ritalin, then Gardasil, now THIS!

Students could be drugged up with every newfangled psychiatric drug on the market and it still wouldn't be enough to make educrats happy!

I suppose they'll push these "smart drugs" on "poorly performing" students in the name of "global competitiveness", "Adequate Yearly Progress" (even though this is from the UK) and other crap like that.

 

[lucius]

More of our social engineering or as Charles Fort would say, "farming the goyim."

"Fichte laid it down that education should aim at destroying free will, so that, after pupils have left school, they shall be incapable, throughout the rest of their lives, of thinking or acting otherwise than as their schoolmasters would have wished, But in his day this was an unattainable ideal: what he regarded as the best system in existence produced Karl Marx. In future such failures are not likely to occur where there is dictatorship. Diet, injections and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities consider desirable, and any serious criticism of the powers that be will become psychologically impossible. Even if all are miserable, all will believe themselves happy, because the government will tell them that they are so. A totalitarian government with a scientific bent might do things that to us would seem horrifying. The Nazis were more scientific than the present rulers of Russia, and were more inclined towards the sort of atrocities than I have in mind." (The Impact of Science on Society, 1953).

Noble Prize Winner & Fabian Socialist/Scientist, Lord Bertrand Russell, extolling the benefits of social engineering upon society.

 

[A. Havnes]

And the side-effects of these drugs? They'll obviously be downplayed. Not many people mention that Ritalin, Adderall, and other ADHD drugs cause heart problems and respiratory problems.

 

[PatriotOne]

More of our social engineering or as Charles Fort would say, "farming the goyim."

"Fichte laid it down that education should aim at destroying free will, so that, after pupils have left school, they shall be incapable, throughout the rest of their lives, of thinking or acting otherwise than as their schoolmasters would have wished, But in his day this was an unattainable ideal: what he regarded as the best system in existence produced Karl Marx. In future such failures are not likely to occur where there is dictatorship. Diet, injections and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities consider desirable, and any serious criticism of the powers that be will become psychologically impossible. Even if all are miserable, all will believe themselves happy, because the government will tell them that they are so. A totalitarian government with a scientific bent might do things that to us would seem horrifying. The Nazis were more scientific than the present rulers of Russia, and were more inclined towards the sort of atrocities than I have in mind." (The Impact of Science on Society, 1953).

Noble Prize Winner & Fabian Socialist/Scientist, Lord Bertrand Russell, extolling the benefits of social engineering upon society.

It's become quite clear that this has been put in action in the U.S. and not a mere wish list.

 

[Truth Warrior]

Hey maybe the kiddoes will then be able to figure out quicker that they're just being "dumbed down" by the "government schools".

 

[steve005]

this is why my son will homeschooled

 

[Highland]

they give pills to the military...I mean, why not kids...I mean hey they are developing...but so what...

As******* nothing is sacred.

 

[RickyJ]

Researchers predict that within a generation, cognition enhancing drugs - or 'cogs' - will be so advanced that parents and teachers will be able to 'manipulate biology' to enhance pupils' brainpower.

OK, let's see here. They are going to attempt to "manipulate biology" with a synthetic drug? So much for the war on drugs. Looks like drugs won. It just matters who makes the drugs. God's drugs are outlawed, while man's drugs are deemed highly valuable by nitwits everywhere.

 

[Highland]

OK, let's see here. They are going to attempt to "manipulate biology" with a synthetic drug? So much for the war on drugs. Looks like drugs won. It just matters who makes the drugs. God's drugs are outlawed, while man's drugs are deemed highly valuable by nitwits everywhere.

qft

 

[Zippyjuan]

Pills do not make you smarter. The article is just a "what if".

 

[Alex Libman]

I have no problem with this!

What I have a problem with are socialist government schools. In a free market where all schools must compete for business, if parents choose to send their children to a school that requires "smart drugs" - no problem. But anything "public" should not be trusted!

 

[dannno]

This just proves that most smart people rarely think for themselves and are simply tools for the establishment.

 

[dannno]

Pills do not make you smarter. The article is just a "what if".

Hmm, you must have taken a lot of pills that make you really stupid if you don't think that there are memory and concentration enhancers already out there. In fact, I bought an entire book for my mom that goes through all sorts of natural brain enhancing supplements... she's starting to get old and the book was focused on the aging brain.

Ginko much??

This just proves that most smart people rarely think for themselves and are simply tools for the establishment.

Heh, I just realized how much the two posts I made in succession have in common I can't think of a more perfect example of a "tool for the establishment" than zippy

 

[iflyboats]

I have a cardiac arrhythmia that I believe was caused by taking adderall previously. I'm quite pissed off about it.

 

[Conza88]

Side effects include: cancer, worshiping of the state & nwo.

 

[Printo]

ADD/ADHD is a major problem, or at least the treatment is. These children are being given amphetamines like Adderall. Another drug, Desoxyn, is actually methamphetamine. That's right, the same active ingredient in crystal meth. These drugs are literally frying childrens brains. Its even worse when they are started at an early age & they are treated throughout their entire academic careers. Thats 15 years of use, that creates major addiction problems.

 

[SeanEdwards]

This article doesn't say a damn thing about forcing pills on children. It discusses making the cognition stimulating drugs available to everyone, so that there is a level playing field amongst students.

I don't really have a strong opinion on the matter at all, but I think it's amusing how the paranoid haters on this board immediately start dredging up wierd jew conspiracy theories about "farming goyim". What a bunch of crap.

It's interesting to me though, to compare this trend towards an embrace of performance enhancing brain drugs, with the rejection of performance enhancing drugs like steroids. Why is one bad, but the other good?

 

[Mini-Me]

As long as these drugs aren't forced on anyone, I have no problem with this...although I'd certainly urge parents not to foolishly buy into the idea that such drugs will magically make their kids smarter without any side effects. When I have kids, I will make sure they aren't drugged up on this stuff...and I'll make sure they're smarter than all the other kids anyway.

 

[Leroy_Jenkems]

Tell me, Mr. Anderson: What good is a [smart pill], if you're [being fed mental diarrhea of the lowest common denominator from your textbooks and teachers]?