In today's sports, Major League Baseball, has been directly affected with PED's more than any other sport. ... However, during this period, the interest with baseball was at an all-time high. Players were achieving feats that fans thought could never be achieved. ... Not only would the playing field suddenly be even for all players, it would be at a higher level. ... This is an issue that needs to be solved for the betterment of the fan experience and player safety....

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Athletes and Performance-Enhancing Drugs Drug use among athletes has become a common action. Many athletes have or still use performance-enhancing drugs. Not all of these drugs are illegal. In fact, many of these products are available at nutrition stores or on the Internet (Lurie 2). Performan...

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Most of the time coaches also encourage players to use just so that their team can overpower the rest of the teams and win the easy way. ... I think that the use of drug tests is a good idea to discharge the players that have a drug abuse problem. Players today have the urge to use the performance enhancing drugs to make themselves perform at a higher level. ... I knew if their was a chance of being caught taking these substances it would ruin my chances for playing Division 1 baseball (a lifelong dream of mine), but it could also greatly improve my chances if I was not caught with the substan...

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