When doping meets sports, we talk about careers and policies instead of substance abuse, but many of the patterns are the same.
When athletes are caught violating a sport’s drug policy, we usually comment on the impact it has on their career and the sport overall. Rarely do we talk about the substance use itself. It’s almost as if drug use to enhance performance is put in a different category than other types of drug abuse.
The NFL just announced that three members of the Denver Broncos have been suspended for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Players D.J. Williams and Ryan McBean have been suspended six games and tight end Virgil Green has been suspended four games for alleged violations of the league’s substance abuse policy. (more…)
