Honestly, I have kind of an antagonistic relationship with current PED policy because frankly I don't think anyone but academics and lawyers really seems to think this shit out, and those are the last people your average slob wants to listen to. I am not entirely convinced that baseball should necessarily be allowed to forbid the use of drugs with a prescription, which is quietly one of the very real consequences of modern sport drug policy. After all, it is already illegal to acquire the vast majority of PEDs without a prescription, ergo, the only thing an explicit drug ban is good for is preventing athletes from using the drugs legally (if you wanted to get rid of someone for using them illegally, all you would have to do is report the failed tests), which frankly is a profound concession to make to an employer when you actually stop to think about the implications for a moment. Consider that the primary benefit of Human Growth Hormone, in stark contrast to steroids, is believed not to lie in strength gains or improved endurance but rather quicker healing and thus a general resistance to wear and tear injuries. For whatever reason we're fine with athletes having all manner of surgery (including vision correction surgeries that in many cases result in better than 20/20 vision) yet a legally prescribed drug that could be argued to improve quality of life by preventing injuries in the first place and extending an athlete's career is verboten. Now, I understand why people would have an issue with this since these sports are competitive by definition and players would feel immense pressure to keep up with the Bondses, but I find it a li'l fucked up that most people won't even consider the issue from a perspective any more nuanced than "Well, the old timers didn't have that shit when they set their records." Yeah, well, just about all the old timers walk with a limp now too. Maybe the current drugs we have available today won't make athletes live happier lives in the long run, but what happens if we do develop drug therapies that could potentially let these guys play without needing a hip replacement by their late 40s? Are we just going to decide our competitive culture trumps individual rights without really even having a discussion about how far is too far?