In Greece, early Olympians use hallucinogens to psych up
1886: The first drug related death occurs in sports (French
cyclist from a "speedball")
1920's: Physicians insert pieces of monkey testicles into male
athletes to boost strength
1940's: Athletes use testosterone regularly
1950's: First synthetic anabolic steroids are developed to
reduce masculinizing side effect of testosterone, and build more
muscle mass
1980's: Women achieve greater gains from anabolic steroids
proportionately to men
1995: 99% of Olympic athletes say they would take enhancement
drugs if they would not be caught & they would win as a
result; 50% said they would take such a substance even if it would
kill them in 5 years.