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Drugs in Athletics
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Drugs in Athletics
This paper studies the effects of various drugs on athletes and performance; how professional sports associations are reacting to athletic drug abuse and the reasons for the current trend.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages) |
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1990
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"Within the area of professional sports, there are two major problems that are concerned with drugs in athletics: steroid use and other illegal substance abuse. Within this framework, there are various problems--legal, psychological, physical, and sociological, associated with drugs in professional athletics. This paper will examine those two major issues, first dealing with steroids and their effect on athletic performance and attitude, then dealing with various effects that drugs have had in professional sports.Anabolic steroids are quickly becoming a major, world-wide social problem. The problem focuses on the world of sports, but is not limited to that area of society. Examples are rife in the abuse of steroids. A Florida newspaper reported the tragic effects of a teenage boy who wanted to become "more muscular" and ... "
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Drugs in Athletics (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Drugs-in-Athletics/18524
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"Drugs in Athletics" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Drugs-in-Athletics/18524>
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