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Article: "High" hurdle. (drug testing and the Pan American games)
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- The Saturday Evening Post
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- July 1, 1987
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"HIGH" HURDLE
As the Tenth Pan AmericanGames get underway in Indianapolis, Indiana, this August, memories of a scandal that rocked the last games in Caracas, Venezuela, are sure to resurface. That 1983 event was marred when athletes' drug tests sent dozens of participants from several countries--including the United States--scurrying home in disgrace. Though the use of performance-enhancing drugs like steroids is even more of a problem now, this year's cheaters could be in for a shock.
That shock could come at thehands of the $2 million Sports Medicine Drug Identification Laboratory. The state-of-the-art facility, based in the Indiana University ...