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Updated: January 13, 2005, 7:16 PM ET
Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Amphetamines were untouched by baseball's new drug-testing agreement, with the issue left for the sport's medical advisers to study.

Some say amphetamine use is more widespread than steroid use in a sport when players are ground down by playing 162 games over 183 days during the regular season, with constant travel and all-night flights leaving many weary.

"Amphetamines, better known as 'greenies,' have a long tradition in baseball," Dr. Gary Wadler of the World Anti-Doping Agency ...

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