What If: Smart Drugs Become as Common as Coffee?
Channel: World Economic Forum
Date: 2018-09-24

A 2018 study suggests that up to 14% of the population may be experimenting with off-label use of cognitive enhancing drugs, or nootropics. What if using such drugs – claimed to improve performance at school and work – becomes the new norm? 

Join an in-depth discussion that explores the possible, plausible and probable impacts of wide-spread use of nootropics.

Speakers:
- Daniel A. Bell, Dean, School of Political Science and Public Policy, Shandong University, People's Republic of China; Cultural Leader.
- Nita A. Farahany, Professor of Law and Philosophy; Director, Duke Science and Society, Duke University, USA.
- Thomas Senderovitz, Director-General, Danish Medicines Agency, Denmark.
- Andrew Thompson, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Proteus Digital Health, USA.

Moderated by:
- Jen Copestake, Reporter and Senior Producer, BBC World News, United Kingdom.

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