I’m sure you have heard of drug testing at sporting events to prevent drug cheats, but I bet you have never heard of drug testing at exams.
Well, things are going to be different from now on. A news article in the BBC News has reported that schools and universities may soon need to conduct tests on students sitting for exams for brain improving drugs.
Drugs for diseases such as Alzheimer’s were being used by healthy people to boost their alertness and memory. Experts are worried that this would be an issue in time to come and might implement urine drug tests during exams. And even more drugs will be designed in future as we begin to know more about the workings of our brain.
Hmmm … I can imagine students queuing up after their exams to provide urine samples for testing. Wonder if a student will be banned for two years from taking exams if he is caught doping as it is for sports at the moment.