Here is an interesting Nature journal article about cognitive-enhancing drugs and their current legal status.

The authors argue that even though there are risks involved, the overall benefits for the individuals and the society are greater, and thus use of cognition-enhancing drugs (for example Ritalin, Modafinil, Adderall, Aricept) should be allowed for use by healthy people even without a medical condition.

Read the entire article “Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy” here.