Public Issues and Personal Problems

PUBLIC ISSUES AND PERSONAL PROBLEMS Most of the time, we dont think of conundrums we go through as social issues, but when we analyse ourselves to others we can claver that many of the e very(prenominal)day problems of average people authorise on a larger basis in our coun savor. Some ar easier to spot such as unemployment, scour though it affects each somebody laid off once the rates get to a trustworthy point it is obvious that the rates be due to economical factors not the characteristics of each individual (Mills 1). I have lay out that a problem that is becoming more than evident in our daily life is a growing use of dangerous supplements in teenage jockstraps.When I was bakers dozen I started in my low school sport. I became a runner. I fell in love with the sport. As I grew honest-to-goodness it was something that rule my life on and off the mat. I oftentimes found myself in class wishing I were running. Naturally as I became older I also became more a compet itive athlete, as did the rest of my friends that ran or played any high school sport for that matter. gabble of being a competitor at state championships or who was advance at the next match often filled the hallways. Generally this contention appeared a good thing to me. I was a better athlete because of that competition.Being a runner I often heard people lecturing about why would you do that to your body? referring to dropping weight. At first the idea seemed absurd. The conversations with others about what supplements I was fetching or not taking took place almost every day. As I spent more time conversing with wrestlers from other school I found the phenomenon was far from isolate to my school or even my state. Pills such as Xenadrine, DHEA, and Androstat where almost a necessary thing. To keep up with the bell curve of students taking the uniform things everyone had to do it. Instead of sticking with these already dangerous or at the very least unhealthy pills people often felt pushed to try even bigger and better things. Over time the use of very unhealthy supplements to drop or master weight or to gain any kind of leaping became almost common. Sadly many of these pills, drinks, and even injections where available to anyone at most health food stores. The long call use of these can have a devastating effect on teens. I have seen the best wrestlers walk off the mat and into the storage locker room to puke. Thankfully I have never known anyone in psyche to suffer any long-term effects but I ave often seen on the news and read in the paper about athletes that have. I recently saw on the news that a pitching lookout for the Oriels, Steve Belcher, died from taking Xenadrine RFA-1. It is true that this was not the only factor, but it was defiantly a major contributor. I am familiar with this particular drug as I probably went through two hundred dollars worth in high school. The major ingredient is Ephedrine. Ephedrine is the principal extra ct from Ma Huang. Ephedrine is a beta-adrenergic agonist, which means it increases heart rate, blood pressure, and thermal energy by intense fat for energy.My experience with this is it is very effective but unless a person is already in good health (which is unlikely if they are taking a fat burning formula) this can be a very dangerous chemical. Such as in the case of Steve Belcher. The company that makes Xenadrine recently released a new formula of the supplement with out Ephedrine in my whimsy because this is because Ephedrine is being evaluated by the USDA and may become illegal everyplace the counter. As I made it though high school and I no longer take part in the rush for the fervent new supplements to make me perform better I have found that I havent even thought about it in a long time.At the time I didnt even pass by it a second thought but now I see that supplements that are meant for short term use by grown adults or that are just plain not healthy to use for anyon e are finding their way to the hands of athletes more often. The need to gain an edge and be the best drives them to do whatever it takes for them to win. I find myself relegated to congress my little brother of the dangers and hoping that these supplements will be pulled from the shelf before more harm is done. Bibliography Works Cited Mills, C. Wright The Promise Mapping the Social Landscape, Ed Susan J. Ferguson McGraw Hill, 2002. 1-6.