Ah, performance enhancing drugs. Nicotine bad. Steroids bad. Amphetamines bad. Psychedelic mushrooms ... well, they're being done by the Right People, so they're ok?
A recent and very good movie is on point here. It deals with alcohol. Some of us will recognize the mantra "cunning, baffling and powerful." It's in furrin with English subtitles. Here you go: Another Round trailer