Drugs vs. Sports Drugs used in sports is more dangerous than people realize and should be drastically reduced or eliminated. Drugs and Athletes. Drugs have been a problem in our society for many years. They have been used and abused by many groups, including professional athletes. It is cert...

In the essay "Under the Influence," Scott Russell Sanders uses metaphors and comparisons to describe his father's drinking, and the connection of his excessive working and compares those two addictions. First, he talks in detail about his father's excessive abuse of alcohol, emphasizing the transfor...