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Roman Gladiators Use Stimulants and Hallucinogens to Prevent Fatigue and Injury
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Sep 13, 776
Ancient Greeks Use Performance Enhancing Drugs
http://sportsanddrugs.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000017
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French Cyclists and Lacrosse Players Drink Wine and Coca Leaves to Fight Fatigue and Hunger
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Used in the Modern Olympic Games
In 1904 Olympics marathon runner, Thomas Hicks, was using a mixture of brandy and strychnine [a stimulant that is fatal in high doses] and nearly died. Mixtures of strychnine, heroin, cocaine, and caffeine were used widely by athletes and each coach or team developed its own unique secret formulae -
First Rule Against Doping in Sports
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Nazis Test Steroids on Prisoners and Hitler
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Soldiers Use Amphetamines During WWII
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Athletes Begin Taking Amphetamines Used by Soldiers in WWII
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FDA Approves First Anabolic Steroid for Sale in US
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First Athlete to Die in Olympic Competition Due to Doping
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Cyclist on Amphetamines Is First Tour de France Doping Death
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First Drug Testing at Olympic Games
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First Horse Disqualified from Kentucky Derby for Banned Substance
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Ben Johnson Stripped of Gold Medal after Positive Drug Test
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President Reagan Signs Act Outlawing Non-Medical Steroid Sales
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Congress Passes Anabolic Steroids Control Act
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Major League Baseball Bans Steroids
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Former East German Swimming Coaches Admit to Two Decades of Doping
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Former NFL Player Dies of Brain Cancer after Using Steroids and HGH for Two Decades
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First British Female to Test Positive for PEDs Receives Four Year Ban
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Bud Selig Issues Memo Repeating the MLB Ban on Steroids
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World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Is Established
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First NHL Player to Test Positive for Banned Substance Suspended from International Competition But Not from NHL
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US Skeleton Racer Banned for Use of Hair Growth Medicine on the Eve of the Winter Olympics
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Floyd Landis Wins the Tour de France But Loses Title When He Tests Positive for Elevated Testosterone Levels
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President Bush Signs a Law Banning Gene Doping in Sports
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Jan. 24, 2007 - NFL Announces Stricter Anti-Doping Policies
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WWE Wrestler Commits Murder/Suicide after Injecting Steroids
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Barry Bonds Hits Record 756th Home Run Amid Speculation of Steroid Use
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DEA Announces Largest Steroid Bust in US History
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Track Star Marion Jones Admits to Steroid Use During 2000 Olympics
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German Athletes and Their Children Suffer Health Problems 40 Years after Doping
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Tennis Player Martina Hingis Retires from Tennis after Testing Positive for Cocaine
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Barry Bonds Indicted by Grand Jury for Lying about Steroid Use
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Former Senator George Mitchell Reports Widespread Use of Steroids in Baseball
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Track Star Marion Jones Sentenced to Six Months in Prison
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All Russian Rowing Officials Banned from Competition for One Year
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World Series Winning Pitcher Roger Clemens Denies Allegations That He Took HGH and Testosterone
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IOC Rules Teammates of Marion Jones Must Return Olympic Medals
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Seven Russians Caught Doping Prior to Beijing Olympics
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Steroids Banned at the Kentucky Derby
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First Doping Suspensions in History of Major League Soccer
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Six NFL Players Suspended for Taking Steroid Masking Agent
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NASCAR Announces Stricter Anti-Doping Policy
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US Swimmer Michael Phelps Caught Smoking Marijuana and Suspended for Three Months
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NY Yankees' Third Baseman Alex Rodriguez Reportedly Tested Positive for Steroids in 2003
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Soccer Federations Reject WADA's Stricter Drug Testing Policies
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French Tennis Player Blames Positive Cocaine Test on a Girl He Kissed at a Night Club
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US Cyclist Tyler Hamilton Announces His Retirement After Testing Positive for Steroid DHEA
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Winner of the Kentucky Derby Is Tested for Steroids for the First Time
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US Swimmer's Two-Year Doping Suspension Cut to One Year Due to Circumstances
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LA Dodger Manny Ramirez Suspended for 50 Games
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Two Players from the Red Sox 2004 and 2007 World Series Teams Tested Positive for Performance Enhancing Drugs in 2003
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NBA Player Rashard Lewis Receives 10 Game Suspension for Banned Substance
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Boxers Walk Away from $25 Million Each in Disagreement over Drug Testing Procedures
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Mark McGwire Admits to Using Steroids During His Baseball Career
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Floyd Landis Admits to Doping for Most of His Career
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Roger Clemens Indicted on Charges of Lying to Congress about Using Performance Enhancing Drugs
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Barry Bonds Found Guilty on One Count of Obstruction of Justice in Steroids and HGH Case
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Manny Ramirez Retires after Failing Another Drug Test
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North Korean Soccer Players Reportedly Struck by Lightning, Treated with Deer Musk, and Tested Positive for Steroids
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NFL to Become First Major American Sports League to Conduct Blood Tests
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First Professional Athlete in the US to Test Positive for HGH Is Suspended for 50 Games
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Two-Year Doping Investigation of Cyclist Lance Armstrong Ends with No Charges
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2010 Tour de France Winner Alberto Contador Found Guilty of Doping and Stripped of Title
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Ryan Braun Becomes First Professional Baseball Player to Successfully Appeal a Positive Drug Test
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Lance Armstrong Stripped of His Seven Tour de France Titles After Declining to Fight Doping Charges
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Alex Rodriguez Suspended through 2014; 12 Players Suspended 50 Games for Violating MLB Drug Policy
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Barry Bonds Obstruction of Justice Conviction Overturned
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Leaked Doping Tests Indicate Widespread Doping in Track and Field, Olympics, and Marathons