Of Athletes And Asterisks

October, 2015

The relevant question is not wheth­er performance-enhancing drugs are fair or safe ("Dope Story," Forum, July/ August) but whether we wish to al­low athletes to use pharmaceuticals to enhance their performance. If PEDs were legalized, everyone (regardless of sex or age) who wished to be competi­tive would by necessity be forced to use PEDs. It is easy to imagine the sort of dystopian situation I his would create. David Bussabarger St. Louis, Missouri Attitudes toward performance-enhanc...