Drugs make smart!

So the other day, me and a good friend of mine had a heated discussion involving nootropics (Smart-drugs) and the possibility of them invading the mass market. Considerably a null point, considering caffeine is already a wide-spread cognitive enhancer that apparently America alone consumes 45 million pounds a year of, but what is stopping scientists and researchers from developing far more effective and sophisticated smart-drugs intended for the general market? Nothing, obviously. People are already quite aware how easy is to get a hold of drugs like adderol and ritalin, as well as legal options such as Piracetam and other similar supplements. Cognitive enhancers is such an arbitrary term anyway that there's really too many examples to list.

But what I really want to know is what the problem truly is, why some people are more accepting of drugs like these while others would prefer to stay away. Some say it's an ethical choice while others would be more quick to source the stigma that surrounds each individual substance. To me however, the lines have become so blurred that I've just become downright fascinated by it. See, the brain is a complicated thing, and the way the brain reacts to different chemicals is such a diverse and complex process that I can tell quite intuitively that the science surrounding smart drugs has a long way to go, and I can say without a shadow of a doubt that further research into these drugs can be nothing but beneficial. The logic is simple, if people are going to take drugs to boost performance, might as well make sure they're more effective and safer to use.

Though, I see the whole thing as somewhat of a trend, and will probably come and go depending on the directions that mind-performance science takes in general. You have to wonder though, we live in an age where people are becoming more accustomed to instant-gratification and laziness while becoming more obsessed with general self-improvement and Brain Age training that these trends seem kind of obvious in hind-sight. Its humorous in a way, if a little sad, but I remain optimistic, as long as this type of science is moving forward, things can only look upward.