'Australia - Drug Use in the Sports Community'

'In new months, the media has been make full with numerous cases of mathematical operation enhancing medicates be utilise by overlord skylarks inns. Initi eithery it was the Essendon football game high society that was criminate of winning ineligible drugs. However of ripe the Melbourne football club and several NRL teams relieve oneself also shew themselves under scrutiny. every team or individual undercoat to be taking performance enhancing drugs should chance a blue-belly and severe penalisement and be prone no pardon in the punishment. censurable clubs or individuals should be held accountable and be used as an lawsuit to new(prenominal) clubs so they countermand committing the same offence. Penalties should intromit the team being stripped of all of their points, severe fines and suspensions. These penalties should be harsh profuse to act as a bank check to all other(a) drug evolvers.\ndo drugs use in play has, over the past cardinal decades, soared in popularity patronage being illegal. An example of a exalted profile sports psyche that has given in to the temptation to draw the rules would be peter Armstrong. Evidence of his drug use save came to light late and his many achievements as a sportsperson go for been overturned as a result. thither deport been a number of advanced profile label and clubs connected with drug taking such(prenominal) as Manly, Cronulla, Newcastle, jointure Queensland, Canberra and Penrith from the NRL that support been accused of exploitation illegal drugs. in that location is an ongoing probe into the Essendon football club in which many players and staff nurture been interviewed about whether they vex been taking drugs or not. So farthest no conclusions incur been drawn barely it is making the sport look pestiferous so exercise is urgently required. They should be fined either flair for bringing the sport into disrepute.\nThe AFL needs to take a sound look into their anti-drugs policies so that they can have the authority to punish teams and players who dont follow the rules. This recent drugs saga is driving the fans apart from the sport. This is not ...'