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It's Lit Up week at Motherboard, which means we're talking about drugs. And what's more fun than that?

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Weekend/gaming editor Emanuel Maiberg and managing editor Adrianne Jeffries pop some Alpha BRAIN and OptiMind to try and perk up the podcast. We drag in Steve Cronin, a self-taught nootropics expert, to talk about the smart drug craze. We also speak to Rod Breslau, an eSports journalist, to find out whether all this hand-wringing over doping at tournaments is really justified.

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Show notes:

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1:12 - Steve, tell us who you...","author_name":"VICE"}