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Drug use has been a part of competitive sport for almost a century. At the
first olympics in Athens in 1896, marathon runners drank a mixture of
brandy and strychnine to help them on their ways and used opiates to
control pain during a race. Use of alcohol was very common in the early
years of the twentieth century. It might be argued that the first athletes
to use drugs to enhance their performance were, in fact, cheating. We need
to remember that drug use is not new. East Germany athletes used drugs to
enhance their performance. Soviet Union was also involved in drug
experimentation. In the United States the drug culture had become so
widespread that steroids and stimulants were known to every high school
coach. The use of drug was believed by athletes to enhance performance, in
one way or another.

Until 1960, nothing was done about the issue. The sports council of Europe
officially moved against drugs when it tabled a resolution calling for the
banning of drugs......

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