For more on sports and steroids, be sure to check out the latest issue of Reason. First, Dayn Perry clocks in with an impressively researched piece that makes the case that steroids, when used under the supervision of a physician, can be both safe and effective. There's also Jacob Sullum's companion piece that takes President Bush to task for his mention of steroids in the latest State of the Union:
One reason the president offered is that such drugs are "dangerous." Compared to what? Football players routinely get knocked around by 300-pound behemoths. They and other professional athletes frequently suffer injuries
