Nurse Jennifer Hanson was questioned about this and replied “yes, many are positive for these drugs and when a majority of them are told their results the automatic answer is ‘I was in the car with someone smoking’ and the head nurse tells them they’re fine to go.” If the head nurses doing these tests let these lying kids go, is there a point? Not to me. The more the tests the more the lies the more the money and a continuation of these being wasted. Yet, we break the knowledge of these reasons for the slight chance an athlete may be taking advantage of themselves and their peers. Without it many people could die that wouldn’t have otherwise, but the
McGwire also admitted of taking PED’s and steroids after years of lying about not taking any during his playing career. Recently Commissioner Selig and the MLB got a hold of the Biogenesis reports and found 12 players that was using PED’s and other ban substances that the MLB Drug Testing policy have listed. Rodriguez’s named popped up in the reports and Selig banned Rodriguez for 211 games for violating Basic Agreement and baseball Drug Program. A-Rod appealed but the ban was reduced to 162 games of the 2014 season and any potential post-season games the Yankees would play if they advance. In all, A-Rod’s career is so controversial due to his name being connected to the PED’s and
Jose Canseco who dominated the league for 13 seasons winning four silver sluggers, an MVP, and a Rookie of the year award not to mention being in 6 all-star games and hitting a grand total of 462 homeruns was one of the first baseball players to go public with his usage. Mr. Canseco publicly admitted to his usage of steroids in 2005, when he admitted to using steroids he also named numerous players that he knew used steroids or that he gave steroids to himself. Mark McGuire was one of those players that Canseco said used steroids, Mr. McGuire later did admit to the fact that he used steroids after he retired from the game with a career total 583 homeruns. Barry Bonds who for now is baseballs all-time homerun leader with 762 homeruns was busted for using steroids on multiple occasions so many times that you could ask just about anybody that follows baseball if they believed Barry Bonds used steroids and they would agree. Some more recent players, players that many kids used to look up to as role models, that have been busted for steroid usage include Roger Clemens, Manny Ramirez, and Alex Rodrigues.
Cocaine and Morphine Cocaine and morphine are two illicit substances that have been constantly abused and evolving over the past 150 years in the United States and around the world. Cocaine was first synthesized in 1855 but was not recognized for its medicinal effects until 1880 (History of Cocaine). Cocaine got its first major endorsement from none other than Sigmund Freud who promoted it as a safe and useful tonic to help cure depression and impotence (History of Cocaine). In 1886 it was further popularized when John Pemberton marketed a new soft drink that would give you energy as well as produce a euphoric feeling; Coca-Cola. Up until the early 1900’s, when it was banned by the Dangerous Drug Act of 1920, cocaine was used in numerous
These dangerous drugs are all over our streets in urban and in rural parts of the U.S. The centers for disease control say that 100 people die every day in the U.S. from drug overdose, with prescription painkiller use being a serious offender. The prescription addiction epidemic has led to the creation of mass prescription databases, where your pharmaceutical habits are tracked by doctors and pharmacists alike in many states. The legal crack-down has made it difficult for many to obtain the drugs they are addicted to. In an effort to lessen the wave of prescription opiate addiction, the legal system has pushed many already-addicted people to a cheaper, easier to score opiate high—heroin.” (Renter, 2013) However, the regulations haven’t decreased the alarming amount of young adults who are currently addicted to pharmaceutical drugs.
Monica Morado Mr. Russell English 4 12 October 2008 Drugs are Reality The book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a twisted fantasy of the future created by Huxely himself. In the book, Huxley uses many different themes to help describe and show the different meanings of technology, individualism, and happiness of the society in Brave New World. One theme used was the dependency of drugs. The State sets to provide all the drugs the citizens can possibly need. Through out the book, a character named Lenina Crowne shows how much she depends on drugs to get rid of any emotions she feels due to a conflict.
Therefore, it is not surprising they embellish stories of steroid use to promote sales. Anabolic steroids are vilified as potentially lethal drugs and its users as narcissist willing to risk their lives achieving a perfect physique and striving to meet their physical aspirations. For example, in HBO***8217;s 1994 after school special, ***8220;A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story***8221; depicts Ben Affleck, a rising high school football star confront his girlfriend after she finds a stash of his steroids. The irritable jock impatiently questions her motives and when her answers prove unsatisfactory, he develops ***8220;roid-rage***8221; and threatens to kill her if she tells anyone of his drug use. The hulking and enraged Affleck belligerently destroys his apartment.
Shannon Leigh Wynne Dr. Randy Fair Advanced Placement Language and Composition 17 November 2010 For many years, baseball has been called “America’s Favorite Pastime”, but recently it has been gaining a bad reputation due to the use of anabolic steroids and Human Growth Hormone by the players. Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, and Jason Giambi are just a few players who have been caught using or have confessed to using performance-enhancement drugs. Despite the fact that players known to have used these drugs, they still hold records, are in the Hall of Fame, can still get into it, or are still playing (Rhoden). Baseball is not the only sport where steroids and HGH would be effective and useful though. The American
He does this by comparing the difference in monies spent on drug programs by the two countries. According to Steves, “The FBI reports that about 40 percent of the roughly 18 million annual drug arrests in the US is for marijuana –the vast majority (89 percent) for simple possession” (Steves 5). The Dutch “Save 15 euros in police and healthcare costs for each euro invested in drug education, addiction prevention and counseling” (Steves 2). It is a very logical argument. I have been watching the news with interest and have read many articles about Washington State passing the legalization of marijuana.
Drug Trafficking In the United States Jarrett A. Miles ENG 122: Writing College Research Papers Instructor: Cortney Philip November 26, 2012 Drug trafficking in the United States While television now has documentaries on how the major drug traffickers imported drugs into the U.S., drug trafficking in the United States will always be a problem as long as there are drug addicts and demands for drugs. The supplier will find a way to get the drugs to the dealer and addict because it is one of the quickest ways to make a large amount of tax free cash. The borders in certain areas of the U.S. are not secured by hard borders so it makes it harder for border patrol to secure the borders of the United States. Why does the United States have