The drug testing program can not prevent student athletes from purchasing the illegal steroids which means the players could be taking them at any time. I think in order to prevent more student athletes from tragedy such as this one there needs to be a crack down on the ones who are selling the drugs. Along with cracking down on them they need to do more testing not to punish the athletes but save their lives.

Current drug testing policies in the NCAA cannot stop student athletes from using. I think that something needs to be done to educate athletes on the many risks that come along with using performance enhancers. Not only do athletes put their playing careers in jeopardy, but they put their lives in serious danger every time they take a substance designed to enhance their performance. I also feel that government officials should get involved and make much stiffer penalties that supply these drugs to our student athletes. If it is harder for athletes to gain access to them that would cut down on the number of student athletes using the illegal performance enhancers.

Athletes everywhere are going to try and get better through doing less so steroids and other supplements are here to stay. I would say that you can prevent the use of steroids, but if Major League Baseball, with the backing of the United States government, cannot achieve this then I believe that it will still be widespread throughout sports in the years to come. There are too many outlets for people to buy these drugs. When those people are found selling, they should be locked away for a long time to make an example so others will not want to follow suit.