Too many today chase the American myth of unlimited potential by denying biological limitations, including performance enhancing drugs in sports, searching for self-esteem with cosmetic surgery, or pushing the frontiers of reproductive medicine.

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It will forward the dialogue, I think, that I do think this country needs to have on performance-enhancing drugs, whether it's in sports or in society, because it's rampant in society.

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So McNamee is suggesting that in order to get into shape, in order to be photographed in her swimwear, Clemens's wife is also took performance enhancing drugs in order to shape up and be slimmer, I reckon, in Sports Illustrated.

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The primary reason why performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) are outlawed in professional sports is that they give users an unfair advantage over the rest of the field.

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How long until we have prostheses (not to mention drugs and genetic therapies) that make athletes better in their sports?

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Last month, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency banned Dr. Ferrari from working in Olympic sports for allegedly administering performance-enhancing drugs to cyclists when he was acting as a training consultant to cyclist Lance Armstrong during his Tour de France wins.

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"In sports where people compete, we have prohibitions on the use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs, " she said.

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