# New College drug to help students concentrate?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-college-drug-to-help-students-concentrate/275020>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 16, 2004, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-college-drug-to-help-students-concentrate/275020 "2004-11-16T06:34:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-college-drug-to-help-students-concentrate/275020/41 "2004-11-20T19:25:09Z")

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> [@tryout1](#):
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> Apparently this stuff may be helpful sometimes for some people who have a genuine, diagnosed medical need, but it is wildly dangerous to be using recreationally.

Funny that generations of college students (and others) have been using these drugs and/or very similar drugs recreationally and as alertness/study aids for decades and yet, despite these “wildly dangerous” practices, they’re (mostly) doing just fine.

What an amazing statistical anomaly!

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