Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports

Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports
Nicholas Griggs
Western International University
COM110
Lisa Johnson
Due Date: July 10, 2005
The representatives in Washington, D.C. now want to pass more anti-performance-enhancing drug legislation aimed at professional athletes and not at the school-aged athletes. On April 26, 2005, Rep. Cliff Stearns, R- Fla., the chief sponsor of the bill, and Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., co-sponsor of the bill, introduced the "Drug Free Sports Act." Of the five major items addressed in the bill, four apply to the punishment of pro-athletes while the fifth item o…