Performance-Enhancing Drugs at Work: An Ethics Poll

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  skennedy@...05/13/08 Report as spam
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  Ethical but dangerous

  Unfortunately, while these drugs are very effective, they also come with serious side effects. There are other ethical questions here as well: you're either lying to your physician to get drugs (ethically bad), or you have a physician who is willing to prescribe you drugs for something that you don't have and lie on your records and to your insurance company about the diagnosis (ethically bad, and if it's Medicare it's a felony as well).
  
  Adderall is an amphetamine and is Schedule II so your prescription is reported to the DEA as well, which greatly increases the likelihood of your getting caught at this deception (ethically immaterial, but something to keep in mind if you're actually considering doing this). So the ethical problems with this have not so much to do with whether you want to enhance your brain power, but in your seeking out amphetamines and other prescription drugs to do so when you do not have a diagnosis that requires them.
  
  Some of the side effects that you can get from these drugs are really serious - is it worth getting some more focus if you get high blood pressure and a bad heart as well? Do crossword puzzles or brain teasers instead. Eat well and exercise. You'll live longer.

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  mjs01005/13/08 Report as spam
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  Not an either/or

  The use of synthetic drugs to enhance performance is an issue to me, not so much because it helps an individual perform better, but because of the long-term effects on the brain and body. The extended use of steroids has been proven over and over to be detrimental, even life-threatening. That being said, if someone decides to take this kind of shortcut to enhance their ability to put in more hours or concentrate better then they will be responsible for the consequences. There will always be those people who are so driven to succeed that they will do whatever it takes to get there. So be it.

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  snkhan05/13/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Performance-Enhancing Drugs at Work: An Ethics Poll

  if the drugs are legal, and a doctor prescribes them because you really do need them, then they should be ok, if you are getting these drugs by lying, it is definately unethical

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  Lphips05/13/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Performance-Enhancing Drugs at Work: An Ethics Poll

  ethical yes - is caffine a performance enhancing drug - i would say yes the quick pick me up in the morning - as long as the adderall and ritylin is prescribed by your MD. If not then take your chances of getting caught when buying it with law enforcement. correctionscenter@yahoo.com

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  Mcoker05/13/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Performance-Enhancing Drugs at Work: An Ethics Poll

  by extension taking coffee would be cheating

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  CCRider05/13/08 Report as spam
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  Staying awake and getting smarter are not the same

  Taking these drugs, if not legally prescribed, may make it possible for you to stay awake longer just like caffeine but they won't make you any smarter. They don't enhance mental performance.
  
  The down side to taking amphetamines is that eventually they irritate your brain so much that you can't think normally. You may be up for three days straight, but only those people who are high with you might understand what you are saying.
  
  Just take a look at any amphetamine addict. Does the addict look good? Does the addict look smart? Athletes on steriods perform better, but very few people on amphetamines do.

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  figurine05/14/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Performance-Enhancing Drugs at Work: An Ethics Poll

  The person taking drugs, harms himself in long term but wot the firm needs is output. If a person taking drugs does it for more money, he in turn gets extra money for the extra benefit he gives to his firm. As far as the person taking drugs is happy with wot he does, the firm shouldn't have a problem with him.

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  Richard.Jones1305/25/08 Report as spam
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  Drugs are Wonderful if there is a Use for them

  The drugs mentioned are very useful if it has been proved to help a person in need of it. I was thoroughly diagnosed by a physician and psychiatrist before the use of drugs. I had early signs of Alzheimer's, and the drugs help me with my everyday struggle to slow the disease down.