Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 01:53:29
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 7 pages (1836 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 7 pages (1836 words)
Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports
Nicholas Griggs
Western International University
COM110
Lisa Johnson
Due Date: July 10, 2005
The representatives in Washington, D.C. now want to pass more anti-performance-enhancing drug legislation aimed at professional athletes and not at the school-aged athletes. On April 26, 2005, Rep. Cliff Stearns, R- Fla., the chief sponsor of the bill, and Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., co-sponsor of the bill, introduced the "Drug Free Sports Act." Of the five major items addressed in the …
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