High School Athletes Research Paper

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fully and outmost agree with testing high school athletes for performance-enhancing drugs. I agree that for the sake of one's future, and possible reputations, a person should be tested for any current or previous use of illegal substances. Usage of drugs can affect your physical ability, and it can affect your mental ability as well. That being, athletes should worry more about what disabilities they can perceive other than what higher skills they will be given. Everything seems great from the start, but nothing lasts forever.

Through the years, drug use has escalated rapidly. Here is visible evidence given in the photograph below(By Josie Feliz):

It is visible to see that Synthetic hGH and steroids have a large approximation of teens

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