The 'Steroid Olympics' Are Finally Here

The so-called “steroid olympics”(officially called the "Enhanced Games") are taking place this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. Happening in a purpose-built stadium (for some reason) just off the Las Vegas strip, it will feature more than 40 athletes souped up on personalised regimens of performance-enhancing drugs to see just how far the human body can go (you know, if you add a bunch of performance-enhancing chemicals). Not to spoil the fun or anything, but I’m afraid I’m here to tell you it’s actually fuelled by a kinda weird mix of eugenics, right-wing anti-regulation campaigning and good old-fashioned grift.

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