# Comments on Smart Drugs...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-smart-drugs/340375>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 17, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-smart-drugs/340375 "2006-01-17T17:18:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![orionzpear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@orionzpear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orionzpear)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-smart-drugs/340375/1 "2006-01-17T17:18:27Z")

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Whats your take on nootropics? Most of the sites I’ve visited sells the drugs so I think they are a bit biased. Can you refer me to any studies on its effects on normal people? I’ve heard that piracetam is as safe as salt. Any comment? what about gingko?

I hope uncle cece would pitch-in coz its not settled until he settles it…

Thanks everyone…

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comments-on-smart-drugs/340375/2 "2006-01-18T00:53:43Z")

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Here’s a bit of a discussion we had recently about what is really known about nootropics: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=351464](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=351464)