Drugs and Sports | Mandatory Drug Fest in Sports: The War Against Drugs Is Failing on All Fronts

Luke Cyphers is a sports writer for the New York Daily News.

Summary: Drug testing, the main tool of the war on drugs in sports, fails to catch cheaters, erodes privacy rights, and sometimes unfairly tars honest competitors with drug abuse allegations. In elite sports, athletes who take recreational or performance-enhancing drugs will always find a way to cheat the drug tests. Testing in sports sets disturbing precedents for intruding on the privacy of others, including children.

With drug stories popping up across the playing fields...

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