On: Smart Drugs - Academics, musicians, even poker champs use pills to sharpen their minds, legally

There are more YC news comments on this article here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=92136

There was also an article in Nature this month called "Professor's Little Helper" folowed by an active forum discussion that covered some of the same ground as the LA Times article

"Professor's Little Helper" http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v450/n7173/full/4501157...

Nature forum discussion http://network.nature.com/forums/naturenewsandopinion/816