This is the best and most convincing argument that I’ve ever seen as to why “we should accept performance-enhancing drugs in competitive sports.” Those advocating the position that anabolic steroids, growth hormone, etc. should be permitted in sports were: Radley Balko – senior editor and investigative journalist for Reason magazine, Norman Fost, M.D., M.P.H. – […]
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Permitting Anabolic Steroids in Competitive Sports
Wow! This is the most impressive panel of intellectuals arguing that performance enhancing drugs, such as anabolic steroids and growth hormone, should be accepted in professional sports. An Oxford-style debate presented by Intelligence Squared US and sponsored by the Rosenkranz Foundation debated the motion, “We should accept performance-enhancing drugs in competitive sports.” Panelists for the debate […]
Athletes Using Steroids and Amphetamines for Legitimate Medical Conditions
I’ve written a lot about the loophole of therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) that allows athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs such as anabolic steroids, growth hormone, amphetamines, etc. for a competitive advantage. I used the 2006 Tour de France as a prime example, where 60% of drug-tested riders had a TUE for some banned substance. The […]
Therapeutic Use Exemptions for Amphetamines in Major League Baseball
The congressional hearing entitled “The Mitchell Report: The Illegal Use of Steroids in Major League Baseball” is underway right now. I have previously discussed the loophole offered by therapeutic use exemptions that allow professional athletes to use performance enhancing drugs, including steroids, growth hormone and/or testosterone. The number of therapeutic use exemptions or TUEs were not […]
Roger Clemens and Lidocaine
I am shocked at the misinformation regarding lidocaine that has circulated the media news sites and blogosphere as it relates to major league baseball player Roger Clemens. The addition of lidocaine to a B-12 injection didn’t seem unusual to me or even in need of an explanation. I didn’t think I need bother to comment upon […]
Hypocrisy of Roger Clemens
Roger Clemens attorney should be fired. Obviously, attorney Rusty Hardin must have devised the strategy used by Roger Clemens in his interview with Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes tonight. Brian McNamee’s attorney, Richard Emery, was spot on when he identified the likely legal strategy: I think that this is a lawyers’ game, which allows him […]
Proof that Roger Clemens Did Not Use Steroids
The regular denials by athletes accused of using anabolic steroids and growth hormone has become relatively commonplace and quite boring. So, I didn’t expect much from Mike Wallace’s 60 Minutes interview of baseball player Roger Clemens (who was accused by trainer Brian McNamee of using testosterone and growth hormone in the Mitchell Report). But I […]
Roger Clemens Will Be Crucified in the Media
The Roger Clemens interview with Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes will turn out to be a disaster for Clemens. Attorney Rusty Hardin should be fired for advising him and speaking out for him in the press. Hardin told the press recently that Clemens received multiple injections throughout his career. He even compared the use of, […]
“Got Milk?” Steroids in Baseball Parody
The California Milk Processor Board (CMPB), better known as the producers of the “Got Milk?” campaigns, has decided to re-release two of the five “Got Milk?” spoofs of the steroids in baseball scandal. This was timed to take advantage of the heightened media coverage and public awareness resulting from the recent allegations of steroid use […]
Baseball Players Who Use Steroids Can Be Victimized by Gamblers
According to the Mitchell Report, the use of anabolic steroids by athletes is not simply an ethical problem or a health problem. Cheating with the use of performance enhancing drugs is a “broader and more nuanced activity” that can seriously threaten the integrity of baseball. Baseball players who use anabolic steroids are vulnerable to being […]