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Elite athletes are susceptible to using drugs. They use them for performance enhancing abilities. Steroids can make muscles bigger, while amphetamines help reduce or numb pain, allowing persons to play injured. Recently, major league baseball has come under fire for drug abuse. Though not as prominent, high school and college athletes have also been known to use drugs to enhance their performance.

Several deaths of athletes have been related to drug abuse. Although it is not possible to mention all drugs that have been causally linked with sudden death in athletes, the most important (9) of them are: Ephedrine (Ma-Huang or herba ephedra) Cocaine Amphetamines Anabolic steroids (oxymesterone, methandrostenolone, stanozol, etc) Erythropoetin Alcohol Ergotamine derivatives "Energy" drinks

The use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs has taken center stage in the media today, and justifiably so

Only the gifted, only the dedicated, only the best will win.

Modern sport is plagued by suspicions that many top athletes resort to drug-taking – doping – to enhance their performance. They use anabolic steroids, human growth hormone, erythropoietin (EPO), beta-blockers, stimulants or diuretics.