Letters to the Editor
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Don't use children as an excuse to make a reasoned decision
Whether one likes it or not, performance enhancing drugs are here and they're going to stay. It's time to face the truth about that and deal with it. Better for it to be in the open and thus make some effort at a level playing field.
We are deluding ourselves that children are somehow "pure" when it comes to sports these days. Talented athletes are generally recognized young and most kids who are successful have access to special coaching and conditioning (yes, even "ghetto" children). It is the rare (nonexistent?) athlete who simply comes out of nowhere and attains a professional contract.
This is a business with an incredible amount of money and people are going to use an edge wherever they can get one. It's a lost cause to try to stop PEDs and it will be a lost cause to try to stop bionic enhancements when they come.