What was the first type of drug known to be widely used in international competition and that led to the first olympic urine-testing programs?

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Miranda Ray

6 June, 15:03

What was the first type of drug known to be widely used in international competition and that led to the first olympic urine-testing programs?

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Veronica Long · Answer 1

The answer to the question above is steroids.

Steroids was the first type of drug to be widely used in international competition and that led to first olympic urine-testing program, which happened in 1970s. 2,000 people were tested; less than 300 of them has traces of steroids and only 8 came back as positive.