Athletics: Carl Lewis has called for unity between "governments, the public and athletes" in the fight against cheating and suggested doping should be made a criminal offence.
American Olympic great Lewis, who won nine golds over four Games, is exasperated by the ongoing problem with banned substances as Tim Montgomery and Marion Jones have recently joined the list of athletes to have fallen foul of testers.
And Lewis told BBC Sport: "If people want a clean sport, we must bring together governments, the public and athletes.
"I would change the law, if you test positive, why can't it be illegal?"
The issue of drugs in the sport has mushroomed since 2003 when an investigation began into Californian sports supplement firm, Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (Balco). Ever since the findings at Balco the sport has struggled to regain credibility.
Lewis rubbished the claim by Dwain Chambers, who was banned for two-year in 2005 for using THG, that athletes need to resort to such measures to be able to compete with each other.
"The problem is that people choose to cheat," said the sprinter who also holds the long jump world record and is one of the sport's longest undefeated streaks. "Dwain Chambers didn't have talent. He had to take drugs, he had to cheat.
"I'm tired of these people that don't have talent, that take drugs and try to blame everybody.
"The reality is that most athletes are clean, most athletes do it right and good athletes don't take drugs. People who don't have talent take drugs."
On his return after the ban Chambers won silver in the 60metres World Indoor Championships but is still banned from competing at this year's Olympics in Beijing.
Lewis, who was voted Sportsman of the Century, also failed three drugs tests of his own before the Seoul Olympics in1988. He was later cleared of any intentional wrongdoing.
At Seoul, Lewis infamously lost to Ben Johnson in the 100metres before later discovering that his Canadian rival was on steroids.