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Re:Nootropics – The Facts About “Smart Drugs” by makmanalp on Thursday September 13, 2012 @09:31AM (#4516005)
> A study in Nature found that an average of 7% (with a range up to 25%) of US college students have used a nootropic at some point in their careers.

http://singularityhub.com/2009/10/06/should-students-be-test...

What would you bet that ivys have a higher rate than average too? :)

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Re:Nootropics – The Facts About “Smart Drugs” by ConceptJunkie on Thursday September 13, 2012 @01:05PM (#4517293)
Seeing as how the article considers (and rightly so) caffeine as a nootropic, I'd say the numbers are probably more like 70% rather than 7%.
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