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Juiced on the Job

Performance-enhancing drugs are creeping into the white-collar workplace. New ones may promise to put your brain on steroids.

Performance-boosting drugs aren't a problem only for sports. They're heading toward a much larger and familiar area of competition--the white-collar workplace. Increasing numbers of professionals and students are using drugs to sharpen attention and calm nerves.


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