Athletes Use Of Drugs In Sports
Imagine how you felt when you realized that your son and daughter were taking drugs just because they saw one of the athletes in the olympics doing it, what would you do? I know how I would feel and the answer is not happy at all. I don’t understand why athletes are taking drugs so that they can be able to win. It doesn’t make sense. This is telling us that you need drugs to be able to win in a competition. I find it very sad because there are young kids that look up to those big stars. Yes I know that those olympians feel pressure sometimes but that doesn’t mean you have to go and take drugs. It can affect your body plus you can be suspended or banned from the sport you loved doing. Athletes need to step up the A game to be honest. It doesn’t matter if you win or lose, the only thing that does matter is
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The sad part is that NCAA Sports has the highest amount of Athlete who use Marijuana before or after their games. Based on my research The popular sports that has the highest amount of athlete using marijuana are swimming, soccer, football ,lacrosse, and field hockey. Most of American sports began after World War II. Based on the history soldiers were introduced to different type of drugs to help them be able to win a race and move on. In sports- most of the time- it's mostly the coaches that encourage the athletes to take drugs so that they can do well in games. By 1933, the word “doping” began to appear in dictionaries. By 1960, prescription drug weren't just popular in international individual sports, like cycling and track, but had become commonplace in the locker rooms of American team sports. Some coaches were making the players used drugs before the game so that they can have a good amount of energy before they play. In 1963, the San Diego Chargers hired their first professional football team coach who, on the first day of training, gave the players a bottle of pinks pills containing
The sad part is that NCAA Sports has the highest amount of Athlete who use Marijuana before or after their games. Based on my research The popular sports that has the highest amount of athlete using marijuana are swimming, soccer, football ,lacrosse, and field hockey. Most of American sports began after World War II. Based on the history soldiers were introduced to different type of drugs to help them be able to win a race and move on. In sports- most of the time- it's mostly the coaches that encourage the athletes to take drugs so that they can do well in games. By 1933, the word “doping” began to appear in dictionaries. By 1960, prescription drug weren't just popular in international individual sports, like cycling and track, but had become commonplace in the locker rooms of American team sports. Some coaches were making the players used drugs before the game so that they can have a good amount of energy before they play. In 1963, the San Diego Chargers hired their first professional football team coach who, on the first day of training, gave the players a bottle of pinks pills containing