  I figure this is probably the best place to say this for now. Its pretty disturbing to think of how many people at this school rely on ritalin to study and get there grades. In a way I feel good about myself because I know that I've never touched that crap and my grades are about as good if not better than the rest of the people who used it to get where they are. But we were listing off people who were at the "top" of the class and 1 by 1 we were listing off people who used it continual basis, sometimes more than they should per day.
Pretty much feel like these people are cheating their way through med school. Its like a copy of the exam before the test or using anabolic steroids for your body. Its not you who is doing the work, its the drug. Its not natural and somewhere down the line they'll probably pay the price for it. But I guess Im thinking about it more because some of my better friends have decided to jump on the bandwagon. I can understand one of them doing it as he might/could probably justify using it. But the other one has no reason to do it. She makes grades higher than the rest of the people using it and when she sits down, she sits down.
There is no reason for her to be using that shit. They know how I feel about it, so they tried hiding it from me. But its easy to see them on it when they study. Fixed on what they're doing so intently. Chugging the water. And what they're talking to someone else about it, they abruptly change the subject. eh, I need to get some sleep. got a pbl/respiratory session in a few hours. bleh. 
