Many athletes of all ages are turning towards performance enhancing drugs as a way of improving their performance by giving them that extra edge. This is not only wrong but its cheating and harmful to the athlete. Performance enhancing drugs have been around for hundreds of years. The Incas of the South America country Peru used the burned leaves of coca trees to give them great amounts of energy when faced with battles, hunts, ect. …showed first 75 words of 1690 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1690 total…would allow better research and more effective studies on animal and humans. In conclusion many athletes are taking drugs to enhance their performance and there are many ways to go about to prevent that. You have to take the first initiative and tell your friends and families about the harmful effects of performance enhancing drugs. If we all do that we can make the future of America almost drug free. It all depends on you!