Olympic Athletes And Drugs

Legal drug?

Athletes who take drugs are focused on certain sports such as baseball and football. These athletes are even being denied to being inducted into the Hall of Fame. But how much do we know about Olympic Athletes and their actions of taking recreational drugs? In a published ESPN story, three athletes spoke about how they took doses of drugs or were encouraged to. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte spoke about how he left the Olympic Village to be in a drug taking experience with the London soccer fans. Alicia Ferguson, an Australia soccer player also stated how the Olympic organizers encouraged drug use by athletes in the Closing Ceremonies.

To me this is big for the fact that all the drugs that athletes take gives them an advantage on the competitive level and how they perform. With this being in the Olympics is even more big since the Olympics is the biggest sport's event of the year. Why are these drugs they take legal? USA soccer player Hope Solo admitted to taking these recreational drugs on NBC's today show while she was still under the influence. Should these athletes be talked about more with them taking these drugs? If you ask me they should, I feel as though playing sports should be fair and taking these recreational drugs eliminates that.

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/olympic-athletes-were-using-plenty-drugs-london-why-dont-we-let-them-use-safe-ones