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folstar t1_j7qx19x wrote

Society. Steroids and HGH have wild potential for improving the human condition, but instead what we got was Congress investigating cheating in baseball and passing some wrong-minded legislation* and serious social stigma (thanks, infotainment!) to prevent further cheating in hitting a ball with a stick.

This is, admittedly, oversimplified. It is also close to the truth.

^(*targeting drugs- can you believe it?!)

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Sir-Kevly t1_j7s2rmd wrote

To be fair, the use of PEDs in sports creates a dangerous situation where people who wouldn't otherwise use them are forced to use them in order to compete. It happened in professional cycling with EPO doping and cyclists were dying of heart failure left right and centre.

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folstar t1_j7s76iu wrote

Sure, but a dangerous situation for the 0.01% (or less) of people who play a sport at top competitive levels versus the easily double-digit percentage of people whose lives could be improved immediately with a more reasonable and scientific approach to what has become a vapid talking point.

And really, those athletes would probably be better off with a reasonable legal framework about PEDs instead of the black market and misinformation prohibition offers.

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