After searching for something that relates to our lecture on Sports history it became difficult to relate things back to this topic. I came across the video, which link is above, and after watching it and seeing how much of a problem the illegal use of painkillers is I began to think of weather it was a problem during the beginning of sport. I always hear about the abuse of drug in the world of sports on espn and other sports channels but now I actually had the opportunity to read and learn for myself. Although this topic of painkillers is fairly recent news and a well discussed topic I wonder how far back authorities should look back in order to come to a conclusion about why and when this all started, and possibly how it can be avoided. When thinking about this and lecture we discussed different types of sport in the past and one of them was Greek sport. In Greek sport the competitors wanted to have an ideal body and competed in events that were designed for war training therefore one can conclude that they indured a certain amount of pain where some type or form of pain medication was used. I believe that those who competed during these times used and illegally used painkillers in order to stay ahead of the game. I feel that is important to think about the reasons behind the use of painkillers. Sometimes people do abuse these drugs when they don't actually need to but other times the person has been injured. This can be seen by former athletes who went through and are still current painkiller abusers.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
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