Examples Of Witchcraft In The 16th Century

In the 16th century, a lot of people were accused of witchcraft because of uncontrollable and exaggerated emotion based on their fear of witches. People have used accusations excessively, especially when it is a big problem with people. People jump to conclusions and start to believe that they are seeing things they don’t believe which brings hysteria. Hysteria can ruin people’s lives and change people’s view on others when people falsely accuse one another. When people are accused of being witches it begins a trend because of fears and phobias they have. As soon as there is an ounce of suspicion from witches people let hysteria take over and accuse innocent people of witchcraft. Elizabeth from The Crucible says “ … and folks are brought
At least half the players are using steroids.” (3). People knew that they were using banned substances but they didn’t know who until they started drug testing people and this quickly became a problem. “Some people still look at me like I’m a cheater because my name was on a list of players who got flagged for PEDs in 2003. Let me tell you something about that test. Most guys were taking over-the-counter supplements then. Most guys are still taking over-the-counter supplements. If it’s legal, ballplayers take it.” (1) A ton of players were accused and had to go trial. Most of these people only took over the counter drugs which will still show up on a drug test. In 1979 there was the Pittsburgh drug trials and that began new drug rules. “Probably the clearest evidence that the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball did not start in the mid-90's with steroids, comes in the form of the Pittsburgh drug trials, a scandal which rocked MLB a decade earlier” (2). The whole Pittsburgh team went to trial and it affected their playing that year. Drugs in the MLB are still an issue today like multiple professional