Athletics or Drugs: You Choose
The world we live in today is filled with all kinds of mischievous things for our teenagers to get into. Drugs are very big in today’s society. Whether this be in adults or teenagers, you can walk down the streets and see it. Many athletes are users of these substances. There is much controversy over whether student athletes should be drug tested before they are allowed to play the sport of their choice. If they pass, they play. If they fail, they are not allowed to make the team.
In 1968, a Swedish pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall lost his medals due to drinking two beers before the events started (Ross). While this may not seem to be a big deal because he was just “calming his nerves,” but he was also, in a sense, cheating. In all sports, the rules say there are to be no drug use: performance enhancing or not. When an athlete has a normal dose of testosterone in their body, one can say it is from the body changing. Once the level crosses the line, one can assume he is taking some kind of enhancement (Mumford). Due to the fact that the athlete has these types of chemicals in their bodies, they are at an …show more content…
When you are a teenager, your body is still growing. Therefore, if you intake these drugs, you could have lifelong health problems. For example, if a teenage boy were to take steroids he would have an excessive amount of testosterone in the body. This could cause a lifetime of baldness, mood swings, underdeveloped bones, and possibly even a higher voice and breast. For a girl, she may have facial hair and a deeper voice (“Drugs and Athletes”). Both sexes could experience acne, hair loss, depression, and aggression. If using the drugs continue into adulthood, they could result in strokes, heart attacks, and potentially
The world we live in today is filled with all kinds of mischievous things for our teenagers to get into. Drugs are very big in today’s society. Whether this be in adults or teenagers, you can walk down the streets and see it. Many athletes are users of these substances. There is much controversy over whether student athletes should be drug tested before they are allowed to play the sport of their choice. If they pass, they play. If they fail, they are not allowed to make the team.
In 1968, a Swedish pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall lost his medals due to drinking two beers before the events started (Ross). While this may not seem to be a big deal because he was just “calming his nerves,” but he was also, in a sense, cheating. In all sports, the rules say there are to be no drug use: performance enhancing or not. When an athlete has a normal dose of testosterone in their body, one can say it is from the body changing. Once the level crosses the line, one can assume he is taking some kind of enhancement (Mumford). Due to the fact that the athlete has these types of chemicals in their bodies, they are at an …show more content…
When you are a teenager, your body is still growing. Therefore, if you intake these drugs, you could have lifelong health problems. For example, if a teenage boy were to take steroids he would have an excessive amount of testosterone in the body. This could cause a lifetime of baldness, mood swings, underdeveloped bones, and possibly even a higher voice and breast. For a girl, she may have facial hair and a deeper voice (“Drugs and Athletes”). Both sexes could experience acne, hair loss, depression, and aggression. If using the drugs continue into adulthood, they could result in strokes, heart attacks, and potentially