1. Legalities of Performance Enhancing Drugs
... the United States. The 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome mark the true turning point and initiated the drug real crack down by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). During these Olympics Danish cyclist, Knut Jensen became the second athlete ever to die during Olympic competition. Immediately the IOC recognized both the liability of an issue that was growing out of control, and the impacts this issue was having on the integrity of the sport. Soon after, the ... now most professional sports governing associations have strict laws and consequences on the use of banned substances on violati...
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