Doping At The Olympics

The police then beat Rodney King for about 15 minutes, which lead to him having skull fractures, broken bones, broken teeth, and permanent brain damage. The police didn’t know that they were being filmed for most of the beating. The person that filmed it brought it to a local news station, and within days the film was seen through all of America, Police brutality had been a problem for a while in LA, but this was the first time it was filmed. Four white Los Angeles police officers were charged with assault with a deadly weapon and using excessive force. On November 26, 1991 the trial was moved from L.A. to a mostly white town in Ventura County.

Arrested after 36 patients died, Narendra Nagareddy had been held at his office following a raid from DEA agent. Around 12 of the 36 patients died from an overdose. Almost 40 federal and local agents raided his Jonesboro office as they seized even more assets at his home. As a psychiatrist of Jonesboro, Nagareddy has been over prescribing benzodiazepine and opiates for the last several years, which has led to multiple overdoses and deaths. People have come to Nagareddy for help, but instead of receiving help, they are met with deadly consequences.

¨Richard Callicott, former Chief Executive of UK Sport, stated in a Nov. 1, 2003 article titled¨ "Yes or No? Question of the Week: Drugs in Sport," published in The Times (London):"As the national anti-doping agency we will never accept this. Performance-enhancing drugs are not only prohibited because they violate the spirit of sport but because they can damage the health of athletes. In 1976, the East German swimming team won 11 out of 13 Olympic events, and later sued the government for giving them anabolic steroids. In 1992, Vicky Rabinowicz interviewed small groups of athletes.

The Destructive Force of Human Ambition In Shakespearean time and within his plays, ambition was viewed as a downfall in character and a defiance to human nature. In today’s world, ambition is viewed as a respectable attribute in both males and females. Yet, In William Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, the destructive force of ambition transcends time. Although centuries apart, Macbeth, a noble who wants to seize the position of King, and Tonya Harding, a figure skater who wants to win an Olympic gold, are two examples of ambition, its misuses and consequences.

[“1992 Riot in Los Angeles”] The arrest was only the tip of the iceberg. After the video was released to the press, it triggered the infamous riot of 1992. The riot began in the middle of town a d lasted three days. Throughout these days, the president “ordered military troops and riot trained federal officers” [“1992 Riot in Los Angeles”] to help control the situation.

The disarray caused by the Olympic boycotts concerned the Mexican organizers, as a result, they pleaded Brundage, the IOC president at that time, to reconsider the IOC’s decision to allow South Africa to participate. Brundage under the pressure from the Olympic committee and the organizers asked Frank Braun (who was the president of South Africa at that time) to withdraw from the Olympics. In response, Frank Braun was famously quoted as saying, “I would rather be shot in Mexico City than lynched in Johannesburg.” Brundage was once again left in tough position as South Africa would not voluntarily withdraw, and he

Racial profiling is mainly used by law enforcement officials as a way to knit out who their criminal suspects could be. Racial profiling is not benefitting anyone and has affected many people. Racial profiling has affected many lives for many years, especially people of color because law enforcement officials have often arrested, interrogated on the wrong person because of Racial Profiling. It is believed that the Racial Profiling is mainly towards the African American and the Muslim religion. Racial profiling became very high and important to do ever since September 9, 2001 because of the attacks on the World Trade Center.

Tear gas canisters and rocks were being thrown back and forth from the guards and the protestors until things went out of hand. The National Guards opened fire at the rally for as long as 13 seconds. A total of sixty-seven shots were fired. When the long 13 seconds ended, nine students were down wounded, and four students killed. Two of the students who died were not a part of the rally and the other two were involved.

I’m here today to talk about a controversial issue that has been around for a period of time, animal testing. Animal testing using animals in experiments with different chemical substances in everything from medical to cosmetic to determine their safety as well as effectiveness . It’s a problem that has existed since the 3rd and 4th centuries BCE with its merciless methods and painful ways of abusing animals for human demands, but now it’s time for it to stop. Our technology has developed significantly since; therefore, such medieval methods of torturing animals are no longer necessary. Researches have shown that each year, over 100 million animals are tortured and killed in American laboratories alone, including dogs, cats and more; this shows how far out of hand animal testing have gotten.

In the 20s, the American government tried to enforce a ban on alcohol, but in the process, caused “the greatest crime wave in the country 's history, causing thousands of deaths from bad alcohol, and creating a general (and persisting) contempt among the citizenry for the laws of the United States.” Gore also uses logos when he writes that in 1969 the government slightly “curtailed” the supply of marijuana, and this led to kids getting hooked on more dangerous drugs like heroin, and overall increasing the number of deaths. He suggests that the government, and the crime organizations, benefits from making drugs illegal. That way, both sides are able to flip a profit. This also appeals to the audience’s opinion— many Americans distrust the government and have negative opinions about it.

Doping scandals have been around the sports industry for quite a while now. During the ancient Greek Olympic Games athletes would take special potions and drinks to help them achieve greater heights (Aschwanden). This is just one form of doping that dates back in time. Others forms, according to an article Christie Aschwanden wrote for Color Photographs, during the 1904 Olympic Games, athletes, "downed potent mixtures of cocaine, heroin and strychnine" (Aschwanden). The use of these illegal drugs would be considered cheating in today 's society, but Aschwanden states that for most of the Olympic Games this was not considered a form of cheating.

Delaware’s first attempt at sports gambling was a colossal failure. The state launched the same kind of parlay betting, or sports lottery, just as Oregon did. Although, Delaware tried it thirteen years earlier in 1976. The NFL immediately responded with a temporary restraining order against the state of Delaware for “irreparable harm.” However, their claim was quickly denied by the courts, but the lawsuit became a moot point as Delaware’s sports lottery failed abruptly due to incompetence.

Over the past three seasons, the NFL alone has reported over 690 concussion related injuries causing major athletes such as Ben Roethlisberger, Devonta Freeman, DeAndre Hopkins, and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie to miss significant time on the field (CNN 2015). Testing in sports have always been significant, but as of late, they have come to the forefront following the large concussion lawsuit filed against the National Football League and the countless names emerging from Major League Baseball for being linked to performance enhancing drugs. Health and player safety is becoming the number one issue for many of the professional sports leagues including the National Basketball Association and the Federation International de Futbol Association

(cite) Aside from college students, the drug is most commonly associated with young adults and children that struggle at maintaining focus or at staying awake at normal hours. Males are much more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than females, and are responsible for the bulk of prescriptions being filled (cite). It should also be noted that the use of Adderall as a performance enhancing drug is spreading in the world of sports. Athletes are banned from using Adderall in Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the NBA, Major League Soccer, the NCAA and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. The 2012 National Football League (NFL) season can serve as an example after the record for most drug suspensions was broken, players failing tests for Adderall accounted for one-third of all suspensions that year (cite).

According to the NFL and NFL players association, the Dolphins medical staff did not follow proper protocol when handling Moore’s concussion. Moore was bleeding from the mouth after taking a hit to the head by a Pittsburgh steelers linebacker. Mouth bleeding is a major sign of a concussion, even after discovery