Imagine that you lost everything, your family, friends, children, and your job that helped you care for your family, all to drugs and all for what? Just a little painkiller that turned into a major addiction. I postulate that painkillers and steroids used in any sports event should be prohibited. I can not even begin to get close to all the wrongs in this topic. Some of the reasons include, cause for addictions, cause for emotional and present day scars, and it leads major league player down the path of destruction. For one example, Randy Grimes, a NFL player, swiped Vicodin from the team medicine cabinets. He very well just committed the most leading cause for addiction and just possibly ruined his life. "It's like a bad case of the flu.
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Many athletes can not get access to the circle of hope, health, and help such as others have. At first these drugs were only used for medical purposes. The medicine and drugs contains opioids, any drugs with chemicals that resemble morphine. A study done in 1991 showed that 75 percent on college athletes used opioids. Opioids attach to the receptors in the central nervous system, preventing the brain from receiving pain messages. After a while of taking opioids, the user becomes more independent on the opioids and take them for a minor headache. For one exhibit of this an anonymous player states “I have to take Vicodin just to get out of bed” …” So do most other former players I know” The reason behind how he had to take Vicodin just to get out of bed is quite simple, addiction, rush, the crave that takes control over you when you use these drugs. Some of these drugs include Alka, Aspro, non branded products combined with paracetamol and caffeine, toradol, and the most common drug …show more content…
The most important example of this is the NFL’s all time leading passer, Brett Favre, the Green Bay Packers quarterback. In 1996 he spent forty-five days in rehab for addiction to Vicodin. Another athlete who would be an example is Conrad Dobler, the offensive linemen for the Saint Louis Cardinals in the 1970’s. Although it isn’t just the football players that gamble and ruin their career and life on drugs. For example Ryan Leaf and Jennifer Capriati are tennis players who fooled around with the harmful opioids and were caught stealing and overdosing on drugs. Amos a former academic mentor to the LSU’s mens basketball team states “I’ve seen a lot of deaths with this addiction. It’s not a pretty sight, I can honestly say I’ve gotten numb to it…” An assemblage of people have said “These drugs aren’t even performance enhancing, they are performance
Many athletes can not get access to the circle of hope, health, and help such as others have. At first these drugs were only used for medical purposes. The medicine and drugs contains opioids, any drugs with chemicals that resemble morphine. A study done in 1991 showed that 75 percent on college athletes used opioids. Opioids attach to the receptors in the central nervous system, preventing the brain from receiving pain messages. After a while of taking opioids, the user becomes more independent on the opioids and take them for a minor headache. For one exhibit of this an anonymous player states “I have to take Vicodin just to get out of bed” …” So do most other former players I know” The reason behind how he had to take Vicodin just to get out of bed is quite simple, addiction, rush, the crave that takes control over you when you use these drugs. Some of these drugs include Alka, Aspro, non branded products combined with paracetamol and caffeine, toradol, and the most common drug …show more content…
The most important example of this is the NFL’s all time leading passer, Brett Favre, the Green Bay Packers quarterback. In 1996 he spent forty-five days in rehab for addiction to Vicodin. Another athlete who would be an example is Conrad Dobler, the offensive linemen for the Saint Louis Cardinals in the 1970’s. Although it isn’t just the football players that gamble and ruin their career and life on drugs. For example Ryan Leaf and Jennifer Capriati are tennis players who fooled around with the harmful opioids and were caught stealing and overdosing on drugs. Amos a former academic mentor to the LSU’s mens basketball team states “I’ve seen a lot of deaths with this addiction. It’s not a pretty sight, I can honestly say I’ve gotten numb to it…” An assemblage of people have said “These drugs aren’t even performance enhancing, they are performance