Among the less startling assertions one could make today would be that we live in a drug culture. The vast majority of us gobble an aspirin here, gulp an antibiotic there, whiff a decongestant now or a few milligrams of nicotine then. We take a little opiate in our cough syrup, a jab of Novocain from the dentist, caffeine to start the day, alcohol to mellow it and a sedative to blank it out at bedtime. However, after it has been admitted that most citizens dope themselves from time to time, there remain excellent grounds for claiming that in the matter of drug usage, athletes are different from the rest of us. In spite of being—for the most part—young, healthy and active specimens, they take an extraordinary variety and quantity of drugs (see cover). They take them for dubious purposes, they take them in a situation of debatable morality, they take them under conditions that range from dangerously experimental to hazardous to fatal. The use of drugs—legal drugs—by athletes is far from new, but the increase in drug usage in the last 10 years is startling. It could, indeed, menace the tradition and structure of sport itself.
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An interesting read - take a few minutes and read it (look at the publication date)
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I dont see a pub date or anything startling or interesting for that matterComment -
Originally posted by THE PROFIT
haha Im a goon, forgot the link
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june 1969...Comment -
2 of my 4 favorite things...
1 money
2 pussy
3 drugs
4 sportsComment -
You didn't included family you dikjComment -
Originally posted by Rush
5 family
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