Study Drugs

Students in America want to perform well during their school time, so they have a chance of getting a scholarship at best universities in the country. A lot of young Americans spend all their nights preparing for exams, because they can’t do it in the afternoon due to their sports and social life. Therefore many a night are spend studying hard for exams, so the teacher will not fail them and by that prevent them from getting their dream education. However, this tight and packed schedule causes the young Americans to get really exhausted and overloaded, and later on it might even cause cases of stress. In the meantime, this complex of problems seems to have got a solution. A solution that is so effective that most people never would have imagined it. Unfortunately, there is yet a problem with the solution. Because the fact is that the solution is ‘study drugs’.
As David Sack clearly states in his blog article called: “Do 'Study Drugs ' Breed a Nation of Winners – or Cheaters?”, there are many consequences regarding this particular form of drug abuse. The ‘smart pill’ has invaded the American colleges and the students love it. But David Sack asks why? In his experience, the hopeful students, who we call leaders of tomorrow, have no problem using performance enhancing drugs to get higher grades, but using steroids at the gym is still seen as a felony among students. Really there’s a huge double standard of morality when talking about these ‘smart pills’. David Sack has learned that the young mouths speak: “Why work hard, stay up all night studying and still risk not doing well when you can pop a pill, get good grades, and make teachers, parents and coaches happy?”1 Of course this is a valid and agreeable argument, but at what price do these brilliant exam results come? David Sack is in the belief that cooperation should beat competition, and this is in spite of competition being taught to children in the busy society of ours. However, while the competition itself