Ask HN: Thoughts on Performance Enhancing Drugs ie. Steroids or Adderall

My opinion of "performance enhancing drugs" has always been that use should be allowed for all professional athletes. I use the rationale that if I have attention deficit disorder that makes me a less effective at my job as an accountant, then going to a doctor and getting a prescription for adderall is 100% ethical.

The same does not transition into athletics where in many cases these athletes (not limiting argument to cycling at all) are using the drugs for recovery and optimal performance. I don't think that any drug can replace hardwork, talent or develop muscle memory faster which are all key traits of successful athletes.

As a recent college graduate, it was common to see adderall and similar drugs rampantly abused and sold throughout campuses everywhere. To me they are just as much as a performance enhancing drug as steroids.

Just wondering everyone else's thoughts.