Baseball: Canseco and Bryant

ing substance is discovered it will be used. No matter what lengths the professional organization like the MLB is willing to go to administer drug testing or to suspend players who use the drugs, athletes will continually turn to substances that enhance their performance and ensure a competitive advantage.
             For athletes like Canseco, performance-enhancing drugs are part of a regular regime of hard training. The drugs only enhance a player's natural ability to perform on the field. When steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs are used under a doctor's supervision they do not become problematic. The problem with performance-enhancing drugs is that they are banned in the first place. If allowed, then all athletes would have access to the same set of substances that can boost their body's ability to excel on and off the playing field. Canseco would argue that if brought into the light and made a legitimate part of the athlete's regime, performance-enhancing drugs also have a positive impact on teamwork.
             Although logical at heart, Canseco's argument disguises the fact that many athletes choose not to use drugs of any sort. Those who wish to remain clean and to prove their athletic prowess naturally cannot hope to compete in a world in which most players are juiced up. Bryant adds valuable insight into the steroid/anti-steroid debate by elucidatin
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