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Under the media radar, social networks are praising the effects of a multitude of performance-enhancing drugs to meet the demands of students obsessed with success. Forums are full of advice on how to obtain psychotropic drugs. What are the health repercussions of these drug diversions? Who are the suppliers of this parallel market? SOUS LE RADAR investigated these sectors that are thriving on the internet via social networks. On the internet, many students criticize the high pressure in preparatory classes. This obsession with success pushes some students to dope, to take drugs to perform. Students with their faces uncovered post videos to present miracle pills. Who are these students who promote these drugs on camera? What are the networks, the laboratories? What do these pills contain? With what effects on the health of students? Ritalin for attention deficit disorder, Modafinil for narcolepsy, Piracetam for Alzheimer's... these drugs have specific indications and are intended for specific patients. However, students take them and misuse them to cope with the pressure of exams and competitions, to revise longer, to be more focused. Completely illegally, these drugs are resold via the internet. Behind these Facebook groups or YouTube channels are the resellers themselves who take advantage of this advertising to send Internet users to their merchant sites. Dealers sometimes supply themselves directly from pharmaceutical laboratories. At the same time, the Nootropics market is developing. This term refers to all products that have a cognitive effect: from vitamins to drugs, nutrients and plants, there are hundreds of them. In the United States, companies are emerging and selling, this time legally, all kinds of powders and pills to be “smarter, faster, more focused and therefore more able to succeed in life”. How effective are they? Directed by: Alexandra Colineau