The REAL problem with USADA. TLDR: Get RID of USADA. Also, I offer an armwrestling corollary.

It's hard to answer tbh. If you just allow everyone to use whatever then it becomes a drug war, not to mention those with the most money and doctors will be able to use whatever more safely than others, and it'll also encourage those up and comers that they need to ruin their bodies to even consider picking up the sport.

On the other hand even with stringent testing athletes will still microdose just less than if they weren't being regulated, and they can always bypass or abuse the system by just getting a TUE, and I'm sure it's harder to bust a superstar with a whole host of doctors helping him cycle than just some guy doing it because he feels he's leveling the field and everyone does it.
 
USADA is run like a mobb.. extortion, bribery, racketeering, you name it they've done it.
 
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