Big Dopes

What the hell is with all the doping scandals at the Olympics this year? There seem to be more than usual for some reason.

I do know that the science of testing is amazingly advanced. Mass spectrometry, a merry little technology that's part of my schooling, last year identified a new designer drug using only its metabolized fragments.

A lot of the complaints I've been reading focus on the waste of scientific knowledge on making new steroids when we should be fighting disease and what not. That's valid, but I also shake my head at these "competitive athletes" utterly disgracing themselves and their country.