CHEMICAL EDGE: WHO'S GOT IT?

DOPING in sports -- Law & legislation; DRUG use by athletes; STEROIDS; SPORTS & state; SOMATOTROPIN; EPHEDRINE; DRUG use testing laws; NARCOTIC laws; OLYMPIC Games rules; BASEBALL players

Discusses the drug testing procedures and repercussions for illegal drug use among professional athletes in the United States. How baseball players that test positive for steroids are punished by suspensions that range from thirty days to two years; Penalties for the use of steroids, growth hormones, and ephedrine stimulants among football players; How athletes who fail drug tests at the Olympic Games lose their medals and are suspended for two-years for the first offense.