Scholarly Article Precis

In Christopher Lane's article "Why Using Meds for 'Neuroenhancement' Is a Scary Thought" (2010) Lane addresses the issue of prescription medications used to treat neurological disorders being abused by healthy college students. Lane supplies the reader with information from studies, interviews, and articles he's gathered along with his own personal opinion and observations as an educator and takes a clear stand against students abusing these medications. Christopher Lane offers the reader a background into both sides of the issue. His purpose is to have the reader understand what brain doping will mean for the future and how it affects them in order to reduce the prescription medication abuse in schools.