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...However, Adderall does not improve complex thinking tasks. For example, Adderall will not improve reading comprehension but will allow the user to go over the paragraph multiple times to obtain the answer. Without the drug, fatigue, boredom, or distractibility might occur. It is also not clear whether Adderall “works” by actually improving performance or by simply improving motivation. It decreases procrastination but will not turn the “no” of a defiant child into a “yes” for getting homework done...

Author: By Lawrence H. Diller | Title: A Misuser’s Guide to Adderall | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

Events funded by the new program will be subject to a number of restrictions that attempt to limit the effect of additional social events on House resources. Only one party per “neighborhood” of Houses will be funded each weekend, and these must occur on Friday or Saturday nights. Alcohol in private suite parties will also not be funded...

Author: By Brittany M Llewellyn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Approves Social Grant Act | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...conceded in a presentation at the Cato Institute that "it's fair to say that decriminalization in Portugal has met its central goal. Drug use did not rise." However, he notes that Portugal is a small country and that the cyclical nature of drug epidemics - which tends to occur no matter what policies are in place - may account for the declines in heroin use and deaths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

...Flagg Street and Putnam Avenue, according to the advisory. The assailant then revealed a handgun, after which the victim dropped his backpack and ran away. The student was not injured in the incident, the advisory said. The Cambridge Police Department is investigating the incident because it did not occur on Harvard University property. HUPD sent a community advisory e-mail yesterday morning to all students, faculty, and staff at Harvard’s Cambridge Campus, and to some at the Longwood campus, according to HUPD spokesperson Steven G. Catalano. The e-mail is the second of its kind...

Author: By Marianna N Tishchenko, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Receive HUPD Advisory | 4/24/2009 | See Source »

...unreliable mobile network is but one obstacle for would-be tech growth in Iraq, where outbreaks of violence persist in Baghdad and other parts of the country. Electricity outages still occur every day. A shortage of internet connections and affordable computers leaves many Iraqis outside the wired world. Also, a lack of websites in Arabic poses problems for many in Iraq and the broader Middle East. Ahmed Hamzawi, Google's head of engineering for the Middle East and north Africa, said less than 1% of content on the Internet is in Arabic, even though the language...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Iraq Ready for Twitter? New Media in a War Zone | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

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