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		taneq on Dec 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microdosing LSD for Alzheimer’s proves safe in ear... Nootropics are drugs that boost cognitive performance: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nootropic

ses1984 on Dec 23, 2019 [–]

From your link:

>and possesses very few side effects and extremely low toxicity.

taneq on Dec 23, 2019 | [–]

Only if you take the pharmacological definition. The medical definition is exactly as I said.

ses1984 on Dec 23, 2019 | | [–]

What a weird hair to split, pharmacology is a part of medicine.

The "medical" definition is incomplete.

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