Steriods: Destroying our Athletes
In his opening statement to An Introduction to Critical Thinking, W.H. Werkmeister states, “Men’s control over the forces of nature ha become possible only because his intelligence and understanding have enabled him to run to his own advantage what otherwise might have destroyed him” (15). On the contrary, man’s control over the forces of nature may be the problem leading to his own destruction. New ideas, thoughts, and technologies are discovered daily with the hopes of enhancing social order and status. On occasion some of these same discoveries are not making the progressive steps forward that they were created to make. In the ever-increasing power of athletics, people are begging for a new technology that will somehow give an advantage needed to exceed in competition. Approximately one million Americans currently using steroids demonstrates how people are looking for a “quick fix” or the fastest catalyst for building muscles (Kowalski 1). Countless variations of ove!r-the-counter drugs can be bought; each of which claim the product will be the one miracle drug that helps to change the body into a stacked sculpture of art. Enhancing drugs such as steroids and athletics collide for better or worse whe
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Approximate Word count = 2244
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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