Dara just one the national title in the 100M Freestyle in 54.4 at the ripe old age of 40. Simply Incredible. :applaud: :woot:
If that's not inspiring I don't know what is.
in terms of Roger Clemens et al and drugs, I just came across a horrific statistic. 36 percent of MLB players use "spit tobacco"--extremely pernicious and addictive, and as hard to quit as cigarettes.
i wonder what the lost life years/disability rates are for steroids, HGH, and chewing tobacco, respectively.
if steroids grew on a crop that our farming forefathers could grow anywhere in the American climate, I can't help but think that today many of our political elite would be getting greased by the Steroid Lobby.
what a odd odd War on Drugs the US fights! At the risk of upsetting the easily upset, it seems we invest an awful lot of energy in things that don't make a whole lot of difference--and not nearly enough on the things that do.
I certainly don't think steroids are a good thing to be advocating to kids and their athletic roles models. but we'd reduce a whole lot more misery by focusing on legal drugs that create massively more havoc--booze and cigarettes/chew, especially the latter.
It's kind of spending a fortune to prevent deaths by mountain lion while ignoring car crashes.
in terms of Roger Clemens et al and drugs, I just came across a horrific statistic. 36 percent of MLB players use "spit tobacco"--extremely pernicious and addictive, and as hard to quit as cigarettes.
i wonder what the lost life years/disability rates are for steroids, HGH, and chewing tobacco, respectively.
if steroids grew on a crop that our farming forefathers could grow anywhere in the American climate, I can't help but think that today many of our political elite would be getting greased by the Steroid Lobby.
what a odd odd War on Drugs the US fights! At the risk of upsetting the easily upset, it seems we invest an awful lot of energy in things that don't make a whole lot of difference--and not nearly enough on the things that do.
I certainly don't think steroids are a good thing to be advocating to kids and their athletic roles models. but we'd reduce a whole lot more misery by focusing on legal drugs that create massively more havoc--booze and cigarettes/chew, especially the latter.
It's kind of spending a fortune to prevent deaths by mountain lion while ignoring car crashes.
