Essay about Professional Athletes and Enhacer Drugs

Did you know that 95% of professional athletes take enhancer drugs? There are many people in the NFL (National Football League) and MLB (Major League Baseball) that take more drugs than any other sport. I hate how athletes today take enhancement drugs to make them better in sports. (The use of performance-enhancing drugs is becoming relatively mainstream. Approximately 3 million people in the United States have used anabolic steroids (Silver 2001), with usage rates as high as 12% among young men and 2% among young women (Bahrke, Yesalis Brower 1998). Not only are newscasts filled with reports of steroid use by both Olympic and professional athletes, but studies indicate that even teen athletes are using these performance enhancing†¦show more content†¦It is VERY illegal to have enhancement drugs in sports because it is wrong and it is cheating. It is a way to make yourself better at which if you take the drugs youre just basically telling the whole world that you suck. The drugs can also affect the way you play because you are more likely to miss a game winning goal or shot for your team because youre on so much drugs just to win a game. If you are a professional athlete and you take drugs you are showing your kids that it is right to take drugs whe n they get into competitive sports. When you take a drug you better be careful because you never know who is watching you. You can get in huge trouble even for just taking a couple of enhancer drugs to get that one big hit over the fence or that one great play up the middle. Just like Nelson Cruz (famous MLB player) last year he took enhancer drugs in the middle of baseball season and he got suspended 150 games just for taking and little bit. Josh Hamilton (famous MLB player) 2 years ago kept on going to bars and getting drunk and he kept on taking drugs. He didnt take enhancement drugs he was taking illegal drugs and eventually everyone found out. During one game he told his coach he couldn’t see anything and it was because was drinking too much energy drinks and every time he came up to bat he would strike out because he couldnt really see the ball. There are many side effects to enhancement drugs like they can make you bigger