Why are performance enhancing drugs illegal, but performance enhancing equipment and surgery is endorsed?
What’s the difference between PH drugs and PH equipment?
My nephew, track star, purchases super lightweight shoes, with super lightweight composite spikes, and laces, for the specific purpose of gaining advantage over his competitors. How is this any different than ingesting a performance enhancing drug for the same purpose?
And for that matter, how is it any different that having a performance enhancing diet, or lifestyle?
If they wanted everything equal… then shouldn’t all sports competitors have to eat the same diet, and use the same equipment? But these things are endorsed (for big bucks), for the same reason the PH drugs are prohibited. Why?
Shouldn’t all track stars have to run barefoot… to make things perfectly equal?
How about PH surgery? Tiger Woods has eye surgery to give him great vision… ok, but how is that any different than psilocybin mushrooms which increase visual acuity?
Can’t be health reasons… because my nephew is more likely to twist an ankle and break his neck with spiked shoes on rubber than if he didn’t have them. Woods surgery could go horribly wrong.
Can’t be morality reasons… because all the liberals would be up in arms about legislating morality.
Why are PH drugs illegal, but PH equipment and surgery is perfectly fine?
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