College students have found a new way of cheating thats even worse than plagerism. Study pills like Adderall and Ritallin have become widely abused on college campuses. Recently a take home test was given in a Wesleyan class. After the exam was handed in more than half the students admitted to using some sort of study pill. Besides the fact that its extremely illegal to be taking study drugs without a perscription and its unhealthy to take medicine that is improperly dosed, it also brings up the question of cheating and fairness.
Is getting a good grade a reason to throw away your ethics? If everyone in your class but you takes the pills should you in order to keep up with your classmates? How is someone that needs the medicine suposed to have a leveled playing field when everyone he knows gets their work to the next level? I would think this person is just out of luck. Study drugs are now being compared to steroids in sports, but unlike steroids, abuse of study drugs is very difficult to catch and even harder for colleges to punish. The only way I see this issue being solved is teaching people better morals. Cheating is wrong even if you know you won't get caught. Students should be tought to live by those standards.
http://articles.courant.com/2010-10-28/health/hc-college-ritalin-cheating-20101028_1_honor-code-study-drugs-prescription-drugs/2
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