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Ignorance, Harm, And The Regulation Of Performance-Enhancing Substances, Lisa Milot
Ignorance, Harm, And The Regulation Of Performance-Enhancing Substances, Lisa Milot
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There is a disconnect between how legal and sporting authorities, on the one hand, and many elite athletes, on the other, view the use of performance-enhancing substances. While official and popular narratives portray the use of these substances as isolated examples of deviant behavior, to the elite athletes who daily push their bodies beyond societally normal limits of pain and risk, enhancement is oftentimes an accepted part of the job. As a result, efforts to regulate and detect athletes’ use of these substances have consistently captured only a small fraction of the use that exists.
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