Transition Game: Politics http://transition.corante.com/ en-us Corante 2004-01-21T14:17:10-05:00 Varies 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 The Politics and Science of 'Roids () http://transition.corante.com/archives/2004/01/21/the_politics_and_science_of_roids.php President Bush came down pret-ty hard on the use of anabolic steroids in professional sports in the State of the Union Address last night. It was an odd area for him to tackle -- no natural political constitutency I can... 4507@http://transition.corante.com/ President Bush came down pret-ty hard on the use of anabolic steroids in professional sports in the State of the Union Address last night. It was an odd area for him to tackle -- no natural political constitutency I can think of demanding steroids regulation. But since the Prez is known to be a sports fan, maybe banning roids just his idea of, well, a good idea (or maybe he thought that must explain howard Dean's YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAARRRRRRGGHHHHHH!!!!!! after Iowa -- a 'roid rage).

Either way, performance enhancing drugs, while not new to sports, are going to be hard to get rid of. This SciAm story helps explain why:

"... it is fairly easy for organic chemists to design novel anabolic steroids that standard drug tests would not detect. "
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