Let's see---a past winner smoked dope on the trail and got caught at the airport with pot on him :  a musher is charged with stealing another musher's kennels :  a mushers dogs are doped and the Iditarod refuse to be honest with Alaskan's and only does so after being threatened . Prize money is getting cut , while sponsors are dumping the race . No matter what these mushers do they all deny it .   Enough is enough.  This race needs to be ended.  This race is becoming an embarrassment to Alaska .   If PETA protests the start of the race in 2018 , Alaska will really get a black eye .