BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mark Mcgwire, Ancient Olympic Games, Total War
28 Feb 2019
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Cancer cont"d: genetic engineering is used for mass culture growth. Ben johnson: 100m dash, tested positive for anabolic steroids. Barry bonds: 762 home runs, mlb refused him bc stipulation of performance enhancers, regardless of negative tests. Marion jones: 3 gold medals in t&f, taking enhancing products; she gave away her gold medals and then spent time in jail bc surgery for lying under oath. Ancient olympics encouraged athletes to use potions and herbs to enhance performance. Dop was an ancient zulu drink given to soldiers to give them courage and anger to get ready for battle: the word doping" comes from this. Pervitin: pills from german pilots, methamphetamine used to be cold medication. Winfield experiments with aircrews: 80% people in planes never came back, amphetamine was used to convince them to go on the plane (fearless, courageous) same with marines.
