... Tobacco "which is known for increasing concentration "used to be chewed almost universally during games. Amphetamines and other strong hallucinogen drugs have long been rampant in baseball with Dock Ellis famously known for pitching a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD. Based on these accounts, one ... gained a national audience unlike any other sporting event in that decade, and most likely saved the sport as well. According to Alex Smith, front page sports writer for the Cornell Daily Sun: Following the 1994 season, baseball as a sport, was in a slump. Attendance was down and t...

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Anabolic steroids are the quickest known way for male athletes to improve their bodies and excel in sports, but not necessarily the safest. The Encyclopedia of Drugs and Alcohol defines anabolic steroids as "the synthetic versions of the naturally occurring male sex hormone testosterone; they are properly called anabolic-androgen steroids because they have both body building ... (anabolic) and masculinizing (androgenic) effects." Anabolic steroids have been around for many years, dating back to the 1930's, where they were primarily used to treat hypogonadism, a condition in which ... II for e...

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