That's probably true, to an extent. I mean, not that people would literally be forced to use performance-enhancing drugs, but that they might feel increasingly pressured to do so.
Still, people already have to make a lot of hard health-impacting choices in order to compete. For instance, I would be surprised if Ritalin, in commonly prescribed doses, was likely to be more harmful than the unhealthily insufficient sleep habits of many (most?) harried modern workers. (I'd definitely welcome additional studies on both of those topics, though.)
Still, people already have to make a lot of hard health-impacting choices in order to compete. For instance, I would be surprised if Ritalin, in commonly prescribed doses, was likely to be more harmful than the unhealthily insufficient sleep habits of many (most?) harried modern workers. (I'd definitely welcome additional studies on both of those topics, though.)