Should academia undergo doping tests?

# Given that the academics and intellectual leaders serve as an example to others, such use could have worse impact on society.

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# Use of drugs to perform on exams, or prepare presentations and grants is same as injecting hormones to chase down a home run record, or win the Tour de France.

# Increased use of such drugs could raise the standard of what is considered ‘normal’ performance and widen the gap between those who have access to the medications and those who don’t — and even erode the relationship between struggle and the building of character.

# The analogy with sports doping is misleading, because in sports it’s all about competition, only about who’s the best runner or athlete.