Should Doping Be Legal?

The Takeaway

While the Olympics may have been the highlight of this year in sports, Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal threatens to overshadow the athletic world as we reflect on 2012.
In August, Lance Armstrong announced he would no longer fight charges of using performance enhancing drugs. By October, the International Cycling Union had stripped Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles, and banned him from cycling.
Most Americans will likely remember Armstrong as a fraud, but Ellis Cashmore,  author of “Making Sense of Sports” and  professor of culture, media and sport at  Staffordshire  University, says that Armstrong’s case demonstrates that it’s time to allow doping in sports.

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