... them and eventually society will accept the fact of drug use in sports as they are in medicine (Kuhn 71). In sports, these performance-enhancing drugs, or "doping" has a long history. One case was in 1904 when a marathon runner nearly died from a mixture of brandy and strychnine (a substance that acts as a stimulant)(Peck 13). This incident happened 98 years a go and ... . Jennings 7 To be a good athlete the most important thing that you can do is stay away from the world of drugs and there are ways of doing so. As drugs tests, stiff penalties, treatment and rehabilitation are ways, they...

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