The East German doping machine: State Plan 14.25

State Plan fourteen point twenty-five mandated steroids for ten thousand athletes to prove socialist superiority.

Coaches deceived children as young as ten by calling blue steroid pills vitamins or supporting means.

The Kreischa laboratory ran internal drug tests to prevent athletes from failing international doping controls.

Leipzig researchers studied drug half-lives to synchronize peak performance with clean urine samples.

Female athletes suffered permanent organ damage and virilization from doses doubling a man's natural testosterone.

Architects of the program were legally convicted of bodily harm after the fall of the state.