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you just went to the doctor?

No, it's just

passed around at school.

- It's passed around at school?

- Passed around at school.

You turn on your T.V.

And we push drugs, right?

If you have a headache-

use this.

If you have a pain in

your side- use that.

If you want to go

to sleep- use this.

If you want to wake up-

use that.

We are the only

country in the world

that permits

drugs of that kind

to be advertised

directly to the consumer.

CHRIS:
The American

pharmaceutical industry

spends almost $5 billion

a year on advertising.

And we in turn spend $250

billion on their drugs.

That's more than

any other country by far.

Are we the most unhealthy

people in the world

Or do we just watch

too much T.V.?

Everybody's on a drug. So

why because I'm on a drug

does everybody have to

point a finger at me?

- Why am I the bad guy?

- 'Cause you're on steroids.

And steroids are bad.

To help children

make right choices

they need

good examples.

Athletics play such an

important role in our society,

but unfortunately,

some in professional sports

are not setting

much of an example.

CHRIS:
Long before George

Bush was the President

he was the owner of the Texas

Rangers, a major league baseball team

With none other than Jose

Canseco on the roster.

SENATOR WAXMAN:
Do you

think that the team trainers,

The managers, the general

managers and even the owners

might have been aware

that some players

were using steroids?

No doubt in my mind.

Absolutely.

CHRIS:

So did the President know

that his players were

on the juice?

You've admitted to using

steroids in the past.

Knowing what you know now

about them,

- would you have done it?

- Yeah, absolutely.

The National Football League

has talked more

about steroid testing

or human growth hormone.

And I know

back in your day

you've admitted

that you did that.

Your stand

on that right now?

I think it's good

to do doping tests

and the trick obviously

to find a way

of really doing

true testing.

I think that

we have to do something

about the drug use

in sports.

And I think it does send the

wrong message to our children.

CHRIS:
So Arnold wants

to crack down on steroids,

but every year he sponsors

his own bodybuilding show,

The Arnold Classic.

And they don't drug-test

at all.

Isn't it unbelievable, the

shape these guys are in,

I mean, how ripped they

are, how bid they are,

how cut they are, their

posing routine and everything?

I'm so proud of them. I tell

you, it is really amazing.

CHRIS:
This year

Governor Schwarzenegger

handed over the winning

trophy to Victor Martinez,

a guy who was busted

for selling steroids

just a couple

of years ago.

And a few days

before this competition

he was implicated

in another steroid scandal.

The bodybuilder

who won a competition

sponsored by Governor Arnold

Schwarzenegger this past weekend

has been linked to a

steroid investigation.

A spokesman for the Governor

says Schwarzenegger did not know

of Martinez's links

to steroids.

CHRIS:
Come on, Arnold, what

do you mean you didn't know?

Okay, let's compare.

Here's Arnold Schwarzenegger

when he was on steroids-

6'2", 235 Ibs.

And here's

Victor Martinez,

seven inches shorter

and 15 Ibs heavier.

Give him a big hand,

come on, a big hand.

CHRIS:
You know, I've been

calling Arnold's office

For over a year

to get an interview,

but his people

keep telling me

that his position on

steroids is very clear.

So the only way

to get an answer

was to track him down

myself

at a place I knew

he would show up-

Muscle Beach.

It was just a few weeks before

the Governor's reelection

And Arnold went to where he

knew he could depend on support

to cement

his voting base.

This was my big chance.

I waited for hours.

And finally

there he was.

And there was

this other guy,

the tall guy, the one

in the middle. He saw me.

This is how politics

work these days.

The important thing when making

an appearance is the photo op.

The tall guy's gonna

nod at me.

Then he's gonna point

Arnold in my direction.

Arnold, his instincts honed

by years of being a huge star,

instantly sizes up

the situation,

notices

the various cameras

and decides to use me to

further his reelection bid.

Look at those arms.

Look at those arms.

CHRIS:
And instead of

talking about steroids

and the cheating

culture of America,

he compliments me

on my biceps

and we end up on the

cover of the L.A. "Times. "

There he is.

Oh my God.

CHRIS:

Not that I mind.

After all, it was kind

of like a dream come true.

Son of a b*tch.

CHRIS:
But I still have all

these unanswered questions.

SHELDON:
Let me tell

you this, first of all-

You can't knock Arnold

really, okay?

Because the steroids didn't get

him into that office that he's in.

But he basically comes out

and he says,

"if you work hard

and you play by the rules

this country is truly

open to you.

You can achieve anything. "

but did he get to where he is

playing by the rules? Or would

he have ever even been famous

had he not taken

those drugs?

Well, let's look at it

this way-

Let's talk

about other heroes.

Let's talk about John Kennedy.

He was a hero in the Navy.

John Kennedy served as the

President of the United States.

But John Kennedy cheated on his

wife right in the White House

with Marilyn Monroe and who

knows how many others, okay?

It's no different

than biblical characters.

Moses was a hero

but Moses was a heel.

He didn't get

into the Promised Land.

He didn't do

what God told him to do.

David was a hero-

King David was a hero,

But David was a heel.

He chased every woman

in a skirt,

or in a toga,

or whatever they wore

back then.

Every man is fallible

and even the people

who were

the prime examples

of how to run your life

in the bible

screwed up.

They all screwed up.

So people need

to get off their

self-righteous

soapboxes

and start loving

each other.

We just need to go out

there and do our jobs,

just as you professionals

do your job.

All of you guys lied.

All of y'all

in a story or whatever

have lied.

Should you have an asterisk

behind your name?

All of you have lied.

All of you have said

something wrong.

All of you have dirt,

all of you.

When your

closet's clean

then come clean

somebody else's.

But clean yours first.

CHRIS:

Hi. How are you?

The last name is Bell,

B- E-L-L.

SCHWARZENEGGER:
I took

the oath to serve you.

I say to everyone here today

and to all Californians,

I will not forget

my oath

And I will not

forget you.

CHRIS:
A few months

after I voted for Arnold

his people told

Gold's Gym

to remove

all of his images.

What is the meaning

of this?

It's a dark day

in Gold's Gym.

They're taking down

Arnold's poster.

Do you have a lot of respect for

Arnold? Is he one of your heroes?

Well, he was until

he took his sh*t down.

You know, that guy's

a traitor, man.

CHRIS:
The gym feels different now.

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