So, predictably, the Maria Sharapova questions have been rolling in and piling up. I’m just going to address a few points that are coming up frequently. Tomorrow, we can do a non-pharmacology Mailbag.
• For the moment, let’s put aside morality and therapeutic use versus performance enhancing use. My overriding thought: this was careless bordering on reckless.
Let’s look at the fact pattern. For a decade, Sharapova has been taking a drug—daily, per her lawyer—that is not approved by the FDA. She is worth tens of millions of dollars, not least because of her image predicated on grace and put-togetherness.