eroids. Footballplayers may be fined or suspended from playing in games for testing positive. Just last month three National Football League players were suspended from thelast four games of their season because of testing positive for substancesthat were similar to steroids. These are not the only events in which testingand penalties take place. Many other sports test their athlete for steroiduse. These methods of testing and penalizing the athlete are valiant attemptsat reducing the problem. Yet, these attempts are not enough because theyfocus too much on those that use the drugs instead of the sources of thesubstances. In no way though are the athletes free from blame. They are theindividuals that must make the final decision, but there needs to be more ofan effort to penalize the persons distributing these drugs.In order to solve any type of problem, one should consider the source ofthe dilemma, and then head straight for that source with the intent to dispelthe struggle. I have a simple solution to propose that will correct theescalating use of steroids among the athletes of today, but it may be hard toaccomplish. Although it seems like a good plan to penalize the athletes forusing steroids it really is not, because all this does is temporarily lessenthe use, nothing more. These athletes are taking the full blame for thisproblem, but there are others that should share this burden with them. Ibelieve that instead of attacking athletes as though they are the criminals,we need to assault the distributors of these substances. By cutting off theproblem at the root, which is the distributors and producers, we prevent theathlete from ever having the chance of getting their hands on these steroids.If we do not address the problem in this manner then it is possible that itcould never get resolved. It will continue to grow like weeds in a garden ifwe do not rectify the issue. Leaving it up to the athletes to refrain fromusage a...
