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Joshua Green

A useful idiot

Roger Clemens’s downfall has motivated kids to stop using steroids

By Joshua Green

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  April 19, 2012

Congress wasn’t grandstanding when it investigated Major League Baseball for steroid abuse. Lawmakers had legitimate concerns, which Major League Baseball initially declined to address. Although the public sees the matter as mostly about players, the real success has been in reducing steroid abuse among teenagers.

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