Performance Enhancers at the US Open?

Did you hear? Witnesses spotted US Open champ Angel Cabrera inhaling Nicotiana tabacam, a plant popular in Cabrera's native Argentina. The plant contains a powerful drug that stimulates the release of dopamine, which helps a person relax. Apparently, the substance he was inhaling has more dangerous side-effects than steroids or HGH. Hopefully, the PGA Tour will act quickly, strip Cabrera of the title, and ban this substance. Apparently baseball players have been known to abuse the same product. MLB should follow suit.

I'm kidding. I don't really think the PGA or MLB needs to ban smoking. Still, it is interesting to wonder if tobacco helped Cabrera win the US Open, and if so, is it a performance enhancing drug? What is the difference between smoking to relax and taking amphetamines to get "up" for a baseball game? Or for that matter, taking HGH to help you work out more effectively or doping your blood to help you recover faster after biking for 4 hours?

The more I think about it, the blurrier the lines get. Congrats to "the Duck." The victory was well-deserved. Tiger Woods remains not as good as he was in the first 5 years of his career.