The ongoing issue of doping in sports has spawned a variety of websites and discussion boards espousing a wide range of viewpoints. See for example, http://www.steroidreport.com and http://www.mesomorphosis.com, as well as http://www.cheatorbeat.com, which invites readers to weigh in on whether athletic performances were achieved with or without banned substances. A new entry on the World Wide Web is ProCon.org. ProCon offers readers the opportunity to participate in an online debate on the question "Should performance-enhancing drugs (such as steroids) be accepted in sports?"
An example of some subjects of discussion include whether or not:
**Tiger Woods' alleged LASIK surgery to improve his vision to 20/15 is ethically different than an athlete taking a banned substance.
**The testing labs, such as the one that found cyclist Floyd Landis guilty of using banned drugs, are credible and reliable.
**There is a correalation between the 5% (approximate) of middle schoolers who take anabolic steroids and the use of such substances by their athlete role models.
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