Bill James, the famous baseball stat geek, has written an interesting piece on steroids. I had thought the public perception of steroid users would be based on their likeablility - much like the difference in treatment between Manny Ramirez and Barry Bonds.
James, however, beleives the public outcry will continue to deminish based on mainstream acceptance of the drug. He goes so far as to say the future of geriatric medicine is steroids of some form, and that the science of PED's will allow people to live Moses-like life spans.
A 1,000 year life is ridiculous, but steroids and hormone tweeking have been mainstays in gyms and Hollywood, and it may be a matter of time before there is an explosion of hormone pills and steroid supplements marketed to the mainstream public through shady infomercials.
