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At a college track meet the biggest race is about to take place, the 100-meter dash. ... The difference between the two is that the first place sprinter was on steroids to help him improve his performance while the rest of the runners were clean and drug-free. ... Drug testing of athletes would ensure fair competition among all competitors, so certain people do not have an advantage. Having tests would also help make sure the athletes were in compliance with the NCAA and/or state high school drug abuse rules. Another reason why drug testing is not a bad idea is because it is used in higher levels of athletics, such as the Olympics. Therefore, schools
should be allowed to administer drug tests to their athletes. ... The debate on whether or not drug testing should be allowed basically comes down to fairness among the players. ... ” (Uryasz) "Drug testing just does not provide a true picture of drug use in college athletics," Uryasz said. "Most athletes can go through their entire college careers without being tested for steroids if they never play in an NCAA championship or bowl game. ... The amount of drug use is getting out of control. “Among football players whose schools are testing them, and using our laboratories, we know that 50 to 70 percent of our athletes are using illegal steroids.” (Toner, chairman of the NCAA drug-testing committee) There is a new steroid that is becoming popular with athletes and that is the designer steroid. ... When testing the competitor it would not just be done to check for steroids it would be done to make sure they were not using any other types of drugs such as marijuana or other illegal drugs. While in high school and college there is an enormous amount of peer pressure and athletes should not be involved in any type of drug whether it is alcohol or anything.
Approximate Word count = 1470
Approximate Pages = 5.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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