Why do people go so nuts about athletes using performance enhacing drugs?

Why do people go so nuts about athletes using performance enhacing drugs?
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answer:It’s cheating. It sends the message that if you can’t get to the top on your own then you can by taking drugs (that aren’t very good for). What about the people who don’t take them? They get the short shaft.
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