Olympic drug policies. The National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Major League Baseball (MLB) players will be subject to random testing for performance-enhancing drugs up to a year before the Olympic Games. ... The USOC executive committees are looking for drugs that will enhance performance. Under a resolution passed by the USOC professional hockey, basketball and baseball players will have to submit their names a year before any Olympics that they want to compete in. ...

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Drugs and sports have gone hand-in-hand for as long as winning has mattered. As far back as Ancient Greece, athletes were using other substances, such as ingesting sheep's testicles for a source of testosterone (Francis and Coplon). The International Olympics Committee in 1975 started the ball rolli...

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Nuclear Weapons in Asia Nuclear weapons are used for many different reasons. Some countries develop nuclear weapons and sell the information to other countries. Nuclear weapons can be used for a country to gain recognition. Still other countries use them to present a threat to another country or to show their power. Four countries in Asia: China, India, North Korea, and Pakistan either use nuclear weapons for one of these purposes or could in the future. ...

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