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Drugs, hormone treatments, they all should be legal and encouraged if they do little harm. I thought sports were supposed to be about the evolution of the athlete, the constant striving to be the best that one can be. Steroids, when used under a doctors supervision, are a godsend. Bio-identical hormones can lengthen both the peak years of athleticism and lives. What is more important, the sanctity of records or the betterment of mankind? Under the current rules of nearly every sport, a substance that would do no harm, make a person stronger, faster and more durable, while giving longer life to the user, would be banned. This is like making mechanics work without wrenches in NASCAR.

Wow! I've not heard this argument before!! I suppose the key phrase...or maybe word is "do little harm" or "little".

It then would seem that all these products do "some" harm. And...who determines OBJECTIVELY what "little" means and what "harm" means?

Is a breakfast of Cheerios with 2% milk doing "little harm"??

I'm just not sure - given the medical community's inability to be very objectively specific about much - if anyone is qualified at this point to provide specific, follow-able rules regarding taking something that does "little harm". And of course, there is the issue of "short term little harm" and "long term little harm".

But a great post nonetheless...thanks!

"I suppose the key phrase...or maybe word is "do little harm" or "little"."

I take it a step further by not really giving much credit to the argument of harm.

Sports is entertainment. Fans want to see records broken and competition go to levels they could only dream of. Entertainers who are willing to sacrifice themselves for fame and fortune have the right to do so in my opinion. They know the chances they are taking and most will choose glory over health.

This is pro sport, not amateur , not that it makes any difference since amateur sports are being ruined too. That toothpaste was out of the tube when the Olympics went pro. Pro sports and pro entertainment are one and the same.

When are we going to tell Angelina Jolie to stop stuffing her lips with botox? - It all seems the same to me.