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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/10/2213144.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>The overwhelming majority say they take the drugs to improve concentration, and about half say they do so daily or weekly.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/10/2213144.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>The survey focused on three drugs available by prescription or via the internet. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/10/2213144.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>Ritalin, a trade name for methylphenidate, is a stimulant normally used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, especially in children; modafinil, marketed at Modavigil in Australia, is prescribed to treat sleep disorders, but is also used unofficially to counter general fatigue and jet lag; and beta-blockers, cardiovascular drugs prescribed for heart failure and high blood pressure that also have an anti-anxiety effect.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/04/10/2213144.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>"It alerted us to the fact that scientists, like others, are looking for short cuts," says Dr Wilson Compton, director of epidemiology and prevention research at the US <A target="_blank" href="http://www.nida.nih.gov/">National Institute on Drug Abuse</A>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/034CB87F-9692-40CF-BB6E-E13314040371/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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