Over the past two years, the number of athletes caught for doping has increased and has been a major headline in the news. Previous drug scandals, those involving Ben Johnson and Lance Armstrong, respectively hampered their sports. This has undermined local-scale sporting achievements such as the success of the Wilmslow high school rugby team over the years on a global scale and Usain Bolt's winning of numerous Olympic gold medals. In this way, what gives them the advantage is less and less the natural abilities and motivation of the athletes and more and more the equipment and expenses. You wonder, is taking performance-enhancing drugs really worth the risk? Normally a huge sum of money is offered if you win a competition which can entice athletes to take drugs as if everything goes according to plan, you can be financially secured for life. Some greedy athletes, desperate for a “quick fix,” are willing to do this. For example, winning a gold medal in the Olympics can earn you an extremely large sum of money from your country, additional sponsorships that can be very lucrative, and increased publicity expands the amount of television appearances that could occur. It's a win-win situation. Another reason is the pressure placed on athletes by teammates, governments and national authorities. In the 1960s and 1970s, Eastern European countries such as Russia put a lot of pressure on their athletes to perform to improve the national image. Not-good-enough athletes have turned to performance-enhancing drugs to meet government demand and not get a pay cut. There is still evidence to suggest that behind the scenes, Russia is giving bribes to athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs. The athletes involved present health risks and repetitions in...... middle of paper ......hletes. When researching the topic of drugs in sports, one thing was particularly surprising. Some athletes can easily get away from doping without any risk. The reason is the most surprising. It may be because their genetic makeup masks drug use. I found this particularly strange because it could mean that other athletes have been doping without knowing it. Maybe Bolt yes? Some people have the impunity gene that masks drug use without attempting to do so. This means that many athletes could have used drugs without anyone knowing and won races. This is a serious flaw in the drug prevention system. Since many athletes take performance-enhancing drugs despite the bans in question, I decided to find out which sports organizations are pushing for the legalization of drugs in sports. In Australia, the Australian Crime Commission is pushing to legalize performance enhancement