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11-30-03, 07:26 PM
Since we're discussing the dark side, there was a fascinating (to me, anyway) article on Performance Enhancing Drugs in November's Outside magazine.
Everybody knows that many athletes cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs like steroids, testosterone, and EPO. But what is it like to take these banned substances? Do they really help you win? To find out, we sent an amateur cyclist into the back rooms of sports medicine, where he just said yes to the most controversial chemicals in sports.
Drug Test by Stuart Stevens (http://outside.away.com/outside/bodywork/200311/200311_drug_test_1.html)
URL editted per bd's suggestion
Everybody knows that many athletes cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs like steroids, testosterone, and EPO. But what is it like to take these banned substances? Do they really help you win? To find out, we sent an amateur cyclist into the back rooms of sports medicine, where he just said yes to the most controversial chemicals in sports.
Drug Test by Stuart Stevens (http://outside.away.com/outside/bodywork/200311/200311_drug_test_1.html)
URL editted per bd's suggestion