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Comment · Tue, February 11, 2014 · Ceretropic

Nicotine; the best cognitive enhancer you've already heard of? [xpost /r/truereddit]

What they were answering

AtomicFez · 1 points

The nicotine to cocaine was just as an example, I think I remember an article saying that they were afraid of 'misuse of the information', or something along those lines.

I didn't really follow it that closely, so a lot of people who frequent the sub would probably know the situation better than me.

u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Ceretropic

Haha, that's a funny reasoning. "We think you might misuse the information, so we feel it's best if you just don't have any information. We'll tell you what to think, don't worry. We're the government."

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