Re:No, it's not drug abuse. (Score 1)

I think one thing that is being overlooked here is the inherent new expectations of our fledgling "global community".It seems to me that with the vast number of ways that people can stay constantly plugged into work/school, the expectation of employees/students to cope and keep up with the constantly increasing workload is largely out of proportion with most people's available time and abilities. When you have someone who is wanting to succeed but has other responsibilites (i.e. family, work, school) and are "burning the candle at both ends" so to speak, what other options do they have? The expectations are so high that there seems to be no other way to cope. To these people the ethical challenge of taking these drugs to keep their edge is almost completely a moot point. What other options do they have? This is definitely something that must be taken into consideration when laws governing these drug are being evaluated.