Introduction
Doping in modern sport is a severe violation of equality among athletes. The creation of competitive advantages can be attributed at first sight to the post-modern necessity for instantaneous solutions, as described by Maria Rita Kehl.[3] This need feeds the chase for miraculous results rather than an arduous path of self-enhancement.
According to Marco Aurélio Klein, at the time Secretary of the Brazilian Authority in Doping Control (ABCD, in Portuguese), “doping is a matter of ethics, it is a sports fraud”.[4] As such, doping control is mainly about sports equalization as a path to fair play.
Moreover, systematic substance abuse aiming for performance enhancement can be seen as a public health issue. Thus, beyond being ethically reprehensible, doping is a real...
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