Comments on: Testing students for smart drugs – not so smart http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/testing-students-for-smart-drugs-not-so-smart/ A body of evidence... Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:27:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Testing students for smart drugs – not so... http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/testing-students-for-smart-drugs-not-so-smart/#comment-2069 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:27:37 +0000 http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/?p=1654#comment-2069 […] Dr Tom Bassindale  […]

]]> By: Yashaswini Srinivas http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/testing-students-for-smart-drugs-not-so-smart/#comment-2054 Sat, 13 Jul 2013 05:31:26 +0000 http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/?p=1654#comment-2054 A very well written article Dr. Tom. It’s true when you mention that if no knowledge is in the head, it definitely wouldn’t come out on to the paper.

Interestingly in India, I have come across advertisements in newspapers whereby companies manufacturing herbal formulations claim that consumption will help students ace in the exams. But nobody has collected the data so far about their usage. Unlike UK where you say that students obtained modafinil and ritalin through internet;in India, these ‘supplements’ are available over the counter in shops. They are rumoured to contain extract of plant Brahmi/ Bacopa monneiri which according to Ayurvedic systme of medicine enhances cognition and memory.

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