I've always been very anti-PED, anti-steroid, but in the last year or two (probably not unrelated to Braun's saga), I've started to wonder if there's TOO much of a crackdown on PED's. Allow me to explain. I'm extremely against PEDs that have been proven or are highly likely to cause long-term health problems. It is unfair to ask a player, especially a fringe major league-type, to make a decision between short-term career success and his long-term well-being. For instance, say Players A and B are similar of similar quality, grinding it out in the minors and have reached AAA. They're the kinds of players who might be able to make it to the bigs, but very well could be AAA lifers. Player A decides to start doing steroids or some other PED to help get him over the hump, while the other stays clean. It is totally unfair to tell Player B, "Sorry, your unwillingness to potentially take years off your life and possibly harm both yourself and your family is going to cost you a chance to fulfill your dreams and ability to make money right now." Ban PEDs like that, that can definitely mess you up down the line. What I want to know, though, is if there are PEDs that are currently banned that can be totally fine to take as long as they are used under the guidance of a physician, just like any of us would take various medications with doctor supervision. In and of themselves, there is nothing wrong with "Performance Enhancing Drugs." Using modern science to improve one's performance or two speed healing should be encouraged. Hell, we all do this every day. We take anti-inflammatories, arthritis meds, blood thinners, boner pills, whatever. Athletes do the same. It has felt like, and I have no evidence of this, as I neither know what drugs are on the banned list nor am I a doctor, that the blanket ban on PEDs has been spread too wide and that there might be drugs/treatments that could be good for a player with no detriment to long-term health as long as a legit physician leads the way. If these players who have said they've taken PEDs just to "heal faster" are telling the truth, I'd really like to know if what they took could really be something useful and not dangerous if used properly. After all, nobody bats an eye at someone getting cut open to be fixed; we should all want to be able to get healthy with a pill or cream as long as it's safe.