knb comments on Intelligence Amplification Open Thread - Less Wrong

46 Post author: Will_Newsome 15 September 2010 08:39AM

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Comment author: knb 26 September 2010 08:36:25AM 0 points [-]

Piracetam is totally legal and unregulated in the US. (I guess in most of Europe it is prescription only.)

People take Piracetam all the time. From what I've heard, most schools will deliberately look the other way regarding even illicit brain-doping. If you're discreet you have little to worry about from your school. The authorities are less tolerant, but the Feds barely ever intercept even prescription drugs unless they're commonly sold for recreational purposes.

In any case, Piracetam is regulated as a "nutritional supplement" not a drug.

Comment author: gwern 28 September 2010 06:35:46PM 0 points [-]