When athletes use drugs In many schools athletes are required to sign a contract
in order to play sports. The contracts include of many rules and regulations
that prohibit activities that will jeopardize the athlete's performance. The use
of drugs and alcohol are strictly forbidden. Vandalism and other actions that
would result in any type of illegal happenings is also banned. The main problem
with the contracts is that the students don't always obey them. Many athletes
will still go out and party and drink and smoke and get into other activities
that will harm their minds and bodies. "Stimulants" are drugs that
stimulate the central nervous system and produce an increase in alertness and
activity. They include caffeine, cocaine, and the amphetamines. The amphetamines
are composed of three closely related drugs that stimulate the central nervous
system and promote a feeling of alertness and an increase in speech and general
physical activity. Some people take these drugs under medical supervision to
control their appetite, but many of these drugs are used at parties to "get
high." Overuse and abuse have been associated with all of the stimulant
drugs, but risks are the greatest with the amphetamines and cocaine. Narcotics
are drugs that relieve pain and often induce sleep. Narcotics include opium and
drugs derived from opium, such as morphine, codeine, and heroin. Narcotics also
include certain synthetic chemicals that have a morphine-like action, such as
methadone. Most of these drugs will leave a lasting effect for more then one
day. Like a hangover from alcohol, these drugs will make you extremely tired or
even sick the next day. Drugs are prohibited by athletic departments because
they alter your performance. If an athlete uses one of these drugs they can have
lasting effect on them sometime during a game or at practice. All drugs are
illegal, and by athletes using them they set a bad example. Many younger
students look up to the "star" athletes in a school and if they use
drugs that is not a good impression to make. Schools do have punishments for
athletes caught violating the contract but most of the time they aren't harsh
enough. Drugs are a very serious problem in all students lives, but if athletes
use them they can have a even worse effect. They could even jeopardize possible
scholarships that an athlete could achieve. Drugs in any shape or form have soo
much of a serious effect of the body that noone should even want to do them and
if they do they're only wasting their own lives away.