Damn Drugs

The Friday File: Use of performance enhancing drugs is rampant despite the fact that there are tests and getting caught often results in huge penalties. The reason, inspectors don’t take testing seriously. Otherwise, they would catch to many athletes, sponsors would quit and fans would bail (think cycling). By testing half-heartedly, you get the best of everything; great athletics, large sponsors, happy fans, new all-time records and plausible deniability.