continue using any drugs but will become dependent. For example, athletes might have to take drugs every day to reach their goals. Since sports mirror society, the field of competition is a stage where athletes enact social values. And if winning is everything, some athletes may try anything to win. Athletes should realize that the possibility of winning is not worth the risk. The possibility of acute illness or long-term consequence is not worth the short-term gain. Athletes should also think about their short-term in sport when they retire, and ask will someone or companies hire them. Would a company want someone who has previously used drugs to be at the head of their business. Athletes will pay for their physical and emotional sacrifices because athletes serve as role models of behavior against which our own and our children's lives are measured. Thousands of children are emulating Ben Johnson, regardless of the physical and personal consequences. This will effect society especially, for the teenagers. It will send them the wrong message that will lead them down a wrong path. If the culture of a sport is tied to marijuana, anabolic steroids, or other illegal, this will in essence be saying that it's ok to do drugs. (Drugs in Sports) It is not enough to tell athletes that drugs are wrong, the drug supply must be cut off to guarantee the extinction of drug use among athletes. For obvious reasons, none of the performance-enhancing substances favored by athletes are obtainable over-the-counter at the corner drugstore. Nonetheless, supplies of the more popular usually stay in rough balance with demand. Steroids provide a current case in point. Over the past three years a number of federal and state laws have been enacted for the purpose curbing steroid use and distribution. A major frustration for drug enforcement authorities is that many of the steroids come from abroad. U.S. athletes obtain steroids from four mai...
