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TOP 10 STEROID NEWS ARTICLES OF 2004

The subject of anabolic steroids was a very popular news topic in the year 2004.
This was in large part due to the BALCO drugs-in-sport scandal, leaked grand
jury testimony from Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi et al, and the passage of the
Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 2004. As was to be expected, the media largely
condemned and demonized steroids. However, there were a few newspapers and
journalists who covered the issue of steroid use more objectively by offering
different perspectives. So, as we close out 2004, MESO-Rx would like to
highlight the top 10 news articles of the year in 2004:

1. This Is Your Nation on Steroids - Why does a performance-enhanced society
scorn performance-enhanced athletes? by James Poniewozik, TIME Magazine
http://www.time.com/time/columnist/poniewozik/article/0,9565,1006842,00.html

2. Let's get real about sports and steroids by Joan Ryan, San Francisco
Chronicle
  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/12/12/BAGJ0AAI981.DTL
type=printable


3. Good Sport, Bad Sport by Julian Savulescu and Bennett Foddy, The Age,
Australiahttp://www.theage.com.au/news/Science/Good-sport-bad-sport/2004/08/02/1\
091432108050.html

4. Are steroids as bad as we think they are? By Drake Bennett, Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/articles/2004/12/12/are_steroids_as_ba\
d_as_we_think_they_are?mode=PF

5. Critics overreact to use of steroids by Norman Fost, Detroit
Newshttp://www.detnews.com/2004/editorial/0404/02/a09-110220.htm

6. What's Wrong with Players on Steroids? by John R Lott, Jr. and Sonya D Jones,
NY Post
  http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/35859.htm

7. Just Say Yes to Performance-enhancing Drugs By Simon Smith,
Betterhumans.comhttp://www.betterhumans.com/Features/Columns/Forward_Thinking/co\
lumn.aspx?articleID=2004-01-26-1




8. Bush on Steroids - Why Must Sports Be Drug-Free? by Jacob Sullum, Reason
Magazinehttp://www.reason.com/sullum/012304.shtml

9. Performance Drugs Outrun The Olympics by Matthew Herper, Forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com/2002/02/15/0215ped_print.html

10. Drugs and the Olympics, The Economist
http://www.economist.com/opinion/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=3062111