Article Review 1 For the first article review of the semester I read Chris Smith’s “Why lt's Time To Legalize Steroids In Professional Sports”. Within this article Smith insists that using performance enhancing drugs, steroids, and doping should be made legal by sports leagues because many athletes have and are currently taking them so by making the use of these treatments lawful it will level out the playing field among athletes. Smith also says that “Not only would the playing field suddenly be even for all players, it would be at a higher level” (Smith 1). Here Smith speaks about how legalizing performance enhancers can elevate the level of the game that athletes play on and would help athletes rise their talent level. As Smith states,
