Sports leagues and governing bodies are cracking down on the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). At least, they want you to think they are.
Of course, if the overlords and oligarchs that reign over teams and tournaments are going to assure the public that their favorite performers aren't examples of "better living through chemistry," they have to clearly define what constitutes a PED.
Usually, those substances are seen as the ones that build muscle mass or sensitize nerves so that athletes can hit harder, jump higher, run or pedal faster or longer or exceed whatever they thought they (and their competitors') physical limits were.
Now, any athlete and anyone who coaches, trains or teaches one can tell you that the mind is as important as the body. So, should drugs that calm or excite a person--or expand his or her consciousness--also be considered PEDs?
If so, someone who wanted to win the race, game or match, or set a new world record, but believed, shall we say, that the end justifies the means, might want to check out this:
Now, I'm sure that the pharmacy, located in Flushing (the "Chinatown" of Queens) is perfectly legit. I couldn't help but to wonder, though, just what sorts of drugs Confucius would prescribe or dispense--and whether FIFA, the IOC, UCI or other governing bodies would approve of them.
