Comment by cromulent

I tried to find the original reasoning for banning doping and couldn't do so. According to Wikipedia the IOC banned doping in the 1960s after some sports federations began to do so. It was widespread at the time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_at_the_Olympic_Games#Re...

Could it be simply part of a conservative response to drug-taking in the 1960's? Reefer madness? I don't know.

Please comment if you can find a source. If we know the original reasoning, then it would be good to critique it 50 years later.