There was no rule in baseball against it.
If the DOJ wanted to go after ballplayers for illegal use of steroids, they should have. It isnt MLB's job to do it for them. Incidentally, that is why I find the US governments assaults on baseball, and the other sports leagues so hypocritical. Who are they to be attacking MLB and the NHL for not cracking down on a steroids problem when the government itself always had the power to do so and never did?
Baseball's only responsibility wrt drugs is to ensure that it does not alter the outcome of the games, which it has failed miserably.
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