Drug testing for professional athletes has been a debate for a long time. Drug tests are tests that are used to find out if someone has used drugs or not. “Urine is the most common type of drug test. Others are hair samples‚ sweat patches‚ oral fluid‚ and alcohol breath” (Drug Testing). Athletes get tested for drugs because they can have an unfair advantage over other athletes. “PEDs or Performance Enhancing Drugs are drugs that give athletes unfair advantages if they use them. PEDs have the ability
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problem of drug abused is increasing seriously in the U.S.A‚ about 12.7 million people (MTF‚ 2013)and the figure is still increasing with a mind-blowing speed. Therefore‚ the question of whether the government should legalized drug is gaining more attention that it used to be. There are two main thoughts：Many people are of the opinion that the drug should be legalized while another commonly held point of view is that the drugs is absolute forbidden. Although there are truths about the harm drug do to
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the use of drugs (mainly marijuana) and the lack of the drug testing by the school. In my opinion it should be mandatory for all athletes to be drug tested at least once a month‚ regardless of the size or type of school that they are attending. Even though drug testing may be too expensive for community colleges‚ very good athletes who can make it far with their gift don’t because of the freedom they are given with the drugs that they are using and not being tested for‚ this is why drug testing should
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significantly reduced. People constantly recognize the latent functions of the drug that is design to help them‚ and use the drugs as ploys in order to make extra money or experience some type of high. Substances that have alternative uses should be tracked or carefully watched in order to confirm that the potent drug is being used as it originally designed. Individual states have limitations and different laws concerning drugs‚ which increases the difficulty in ceasing the product of its secondary use
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Welfare Recipients Be Drug Tested? Thesis Statement: In the recent past there have been legislative proposals to drug test individuals who receive or apply for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits. Introduction: Do you believe that welfare recipients should be subject to a urinalysis before being able to receive food stamps‚ cash assistance or medical benefits through the government‚ or people who already receive these benefits should submit to random drug tests? We believe that
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Research Paper Do you think parents should bribe there kids because of discipline or just to get their children to like them? Do you know someone who as bribed their children‚ just to satisfy a them? There are plenty of parents that take it to that level. The problem is‚ there is also a limit on that kind of situation. Bad parenting exist in today’s society‚ and that has to change. Parents that overly bribe their children will make their child spoiled‚ unappreciative‚ and disrespectful. Spoiling
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Performance-Enhancing Drugs Tarnish Athletes “Don’t worry‚ everybody does it.” “Don’t you want to win?” “If it was dangerous‚ no one would do it.” “Don’t worry‚ it’s safe‚ everybody does it.” Unfortunately‚ athletes are pressured all of the time in new ways that they can become bigger‚ faster‚ or stronger. To many athletes‚ drugs are the solution to their problems. But most do not know the real consequences of taking performance-enhancing drugs. The consequences include‚ getting disqualified‚ changing
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such as the use of performance enhancing drugs can harm the integrity of the game. Since the 1960’s athletes have been using drugs to enhance their abilities. In the past fifteen years‚ the number of known athletes using these performance enhancing drugs has increased considerably. Two of the top athletes in their respective games‚ Lance Armstrong and Maria Sharapova‚ have revealed that during their career they each used performance enhancing drugs. This brings to question their morals and
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201/Problem Solving Essay Topic: Drug Abuse Drug abuse is becoming more and more common in the United States. Drugs today are being abused mostly by teens and young adults. The reason for such high usage of drug abuse people may say is may be stress and peer pressure. Today’s society is often stressed out from work‚ friends‚ family‚ bills‚ and school. Our U.S government are forced to send billions of dollars every year on treating addicts with the proper care needed‚ drug related crimes‚ and trying
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summer job. I had to attend orientation‚ complete a physical and submit a drug test. All of these were requirements for me to obtain my job. If I were to fail my drug test‚ I would not have been able to obtain employment in order to weed eat all day‚ as this is ultimately what my job consisted of. Of course I passed my drug test‚ but I find it very aggravating that I‚ in order to be able to weed eat all day‚ had to supply a drug test when there are people who are getting free money from the government
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