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Newsweek - May 21, 2010
Posted May 21, 2010 -- webcomm
Media Outlet:
Newsweek
Bicyclist Floyd Landis's admission that he took performance-enhancing drugs is one of the least shocking sports headlines in recent memory. The good news: doping is down, according to psychiatrist David Baron of Temple's School of Medicine. During the Vancouver Olympic Games, where he helped coordinate the drug screening, no athletes tested dirty. "I don't think we learned to be better cheaters," Baron told Newsweek's "Human Condition" blog. "The culture is [that] there are other things we can do; you can get fairly close [to the effects of steroids without the side effects] with high-end training techniques available now."