Originally Posted by
gsteinb
except drugs.
That is at the professional level. I'm not so sure it helps at the younger level. The only juniors anyone believes are doping are the Kazaks, and they are not really all that fast. Maybe drugs work best at mid 20s when the hormones slow down. Giving drugs to kids just does not seem to be a good long term solution even if it were allowed as the body tends to shut down production of what it already has a lot of.