... In professional athletics the use of drugs is looked upon as somewhat of a serious problem, but is also very discrete and low key. ... Athletes today seem to find no moral problem with using performance-enhancing drugs, or in other words cheating. ... Nowhere is the problem more serious than in professional athletics, where athletes, coaches and trainers misuse drugs in search of ways of ways to improve performance. Many athletes fail to take their time when making the decision whether to use drugs to their advantage. Unfortunately athletes may use drugs for therapeutic indications, recreational or social reasons, as muscular aids or to mask the presence of other drugs during drug testing. But the safety of the athletes health is being neglected. Drug use has led to an increased number of deaths and suspensions of athletes. Also, if this continues all athletes someday will have to choose whether to compete at a world-class level and take drugs, or compete at a club level and be clean. In sports, athletes, coaches and trainers will try their best to find a way to reach the top level. ...
It is no secret that Olympians have used performance-enhancing drugs for decades, or that athletes will do almost anything to gain a competitive edge. (Drugs in Sport) According to Dr. ... University, drug use among athletes has gone dramatically up in recent years. Athletes also are becoming more venturesome about mixing different types of drugs. One reason is that new drugs keep coming on the market, and some turn out to be of help in giving athletes a competitive edge. ... They are motivated in part by concern for athletes well being. ... And that could lead to financial ruin for athletes and promoters alike. ... Many of the top athletes damned very high salaries, and a select few demand huge additional sums for product endorsement. ... Relaxation of International Olympic Committee (IOC) rules on amateurism has opened the games to athletes whose chief livelihood is sport. ... Since there is often little difference among top athletes in any sport, even a fractional improvement in performance may be decisive in championship events. ... Many athletes have concluded that the quickest way to reach these goals is through performance-enhancing drugs. ... How else can it be explained that in 1995, when 200 elite----mostly American----athletes were polled on whether they would take a banned performance-enhancing substance if they would win and not be caught, 195 said they would do it. The athletes were also asked what they would do if a banned substance guaranteed they would win every competition they entered for the next five years and then later cause them to die from side effects.
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