Should performance enhancing drugs (such as steroids) be accepted in sports?
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[Note: This website uses the term "performance enhancing drugs" to mean legal and illegal drugs that are considered to enhance performance in sports. The term "performance enhancing" is sometimes spelled with a hyphen and sometimes without. We have opted for the unhyphenated spelling.]
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