Cheating vs. Morals

After the discussion about if using steroids should be considered “cheating,” the biggest thing that popped into my head was the idea of students using adderall to help them with their academic studies. There are a lot of cases of students taking adderall for the SAT and the controversy reminds me a lot of the controversy over the use of steroids. Personally, I would not consider the use of steroids or adderall to enhance your performance as cheating. There is a lot of pressure these days to do good in school and good in sports that students are overwhelmed and end up having to resort to certain drugs. I think the use of these drugs is more of a moral problem than a cheating problem. Clearly, taking adderall to get an advantage on the SAT is immoral in the eyes of some students and teachers, but on the other hand is extremely moral and realistic to others. However, I would not consider it cheating because steroids and adderall are out there and available for use to get an advantage, but some people just choose not to use them. Also, things should not be classified as cheating simply based on the idea that some consider it immoral and unethical.  However, they are both illegal in some sense and possibly not available to people with less money, but there are still a lot of ways to get these two different drugs that people can usually get it if they want it. I think that since it is technically available to most people that it should not be considered “cheating.”