is also faithful to God. Deion is a dedicated Christian (Baker 1D). This shows how caring, giving, and unselfish he is as a person. Our society needs these types of role models for people to look up to. One issue that seems to come up quite often with the mention of athletes is Drugs. " Of all the major athlete drug testing programs, only the NBA does not test for marijuana, because the NBA drug policy does not include marijuana in its list or banned drugs"(Athletes With). This is probably the main reason they have had such a problem with marijuana. It's not good for young kids to see such big names as Chris Webber, Kareem Abdul Jabar, and Isaiah Rider arrested for the possession of Marijuana. "Evidently, players rarely say no these days amid reports show that as many as 70% smoke pot at least on a recreational basis" (Athletes With). In previous years the NBA had its problems with cocaine rather than Marijuana. " In 1983 (when the first drug policy was implemented), 70 percent of the NBA players used cocaine, and marijuana wasn't on the radar screen" (Athletes With). When cocaine was big in the NBA the players would love playing Golden State because that area a hot spot for cocaine. In the 1986 draft the NBA had a number of draft picks that had cocaine problem. Len Bias was one of the draft picks with a cocaine problem, and the night of the draft Bias died of a cocaine overdose. Chris Washburn, William Bedford, and Roy Tarpley all had their basketball careers ruined because of their cocaine addictions. That year there was four out of the top seven picks in the draft that saw their careers just deteriorate (Athletes With). The sad thing is that the bad guys aren't always the ones who get caught. Allen Iverson, the Philadelphia guard, has had some bad influences around him. On one occasion Iverson and one of his friends were riding in Iverson's car when they were pulled over and were found with a marijuana cigarette and a gun wer...
