Drug Testing in Sports

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This paper presents a detailed examination of a legal issue in the sports field. The writer focuses on the issue of admitting drug tests for athletes at all levels of play and expertise. The writer explores various cases of drug testing and discusses the court decisions in regard to such cases.

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"The field of athletics is becoming increasingly competitive. The desire to succeed is driven by hopes of college scholarships, Olympic hope, huge professional contracts and other motivators. The need to succeed has caused athletes to do things that they may not otherwise consider doing, including the ingestion of drugs and steroids to boost their power and ability. Recently the use of drugs by athletes has come to the forefront of public attention and drug testing of athletes has become a controversial issue. Some people believe that athletes should be subjected to drug testing without suspicion, for the sole purpose of keeping the industry on its toes, while others believe that without suspicion, the drug testing of athletes is a direct invasion of privacy and should be banned. Across the nation and the world the topic has sparked heated debates in many circles and the legality of the issue is relatively new and undecided."

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