Viagra may be no problem, but deer's penis an Olympic no-no

Last week we reported that those sexed-up Olympians could continue taking Viagra despite evidence of performance-boosting qualities on the field as well as in the sack. But the situation may be different if animal genitalia is involved: turns out the traditional Chinese injury remedy of deer's penis (usually taken soaked in alcohol) may contain banned substances. There's a lesson in there somewhere, we're sure of it.

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TCM consumer beware! i have my alcohol dipped with deer's penis all the time. unless i'm doing something wrong, it just makes me less thristy.

plus them damn does won't let off, downright frustrating.

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Give's an entirely different perspective to the common (in the US) pejorative "dick breath".

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