Stimulant exemptions in baseball on the rise

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Sat, 01/10/2009 - 11:23

NEW YORK (AP) -- Baseball authorized nearly 8 percent of its players to use drugs for ADHD last season, which allowed them to take otherwise banned stimulants....


 

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