| College can be the toughest stage of a student's | | | | after using it for the first couple times. Eventually, |
| life. As soon as he steps at the school, he knows | | | | you will feel that taking these illegal substances |
| for a fact that in order to face the competitive | | | | are already part of your system, thus, making |
| world ahead, he must do well at school. This can | | | | you addicted to it. It is unlikely that coaches would |
| be in a form of sports, arts, education, and | | | | tolerate student athletes to take such drugs. |
| others. Unfortunately, some college students do | | | | When student athletes were discovered to be |
| not think that they can do this alone. They need | | | | using these illegal substances, there is a high |
| something that would help them keep up and | | | | possibility that they would be taken out of the |
| survive the dog eat cat world of college. | | | | team. Other than that, their scholarship will also be |
| Unfortunately, they are not thinking about support | | | | at risk. If you really want to excel in sports and |
| groups, advises from coaches, and support from | | | | avoid drug addiction at the same time, it is |
| their parents. Most of them result to illegal | | | | necessary that you exercise regularly and fight |
| substances which makes them addicted to these | | | | clean. Recent studies showed that regular |
| drugs eventually. But this can be prevented. And it | | | | exercise is one of the greatest interventions in |
| is a must that you stop yourself from being | | | | preventing drug abuse particularly in student |
| addicted to these illegal substances before it ruins | | | | athletes. This goes also for the non-athletes as |
| a bigger and better future that lies ahead of you. | | | | well. |
| Start by choosing your friends. If the people | | | | However, it is not only the student athletes who |
| surrounding you are using illegal substances, there | | | | are prone to drug abuse and use of other illegal |
| is a big chance that you would start using the | | | | substances as well. As a matter of fact, there |
| same thing as well. Even though they seem to be | | | | are also some students who are aiming for |
| one of the coolest persons in your campus, taking | | | | educational scholarship who were using illegal |
| drugs would really take you nowhere. It may give | | | | substances at the same time. They claimed that |
| you a reputations but it would definitely be | | | | it helped them spend more time studying which is |
| something that you want to have in your whole | | | | essential especially if you are already a graduating |
| life. Choosing the right people to be with is the | | | | student or you would like to maintain a high |
| first way to avoid drug addiction. | | | | average. Rather than choosing illegal substances, |
| If you think using illegal drugs can help you boost | | | | why not take power drinks or coffee instead? |
| your sports career, better think again. Steroids | | | | With illegal substances, you would only stay |
| and other kinds of sports drugs may only give | | | | awake but you would not be able to focus on |
| you that extra energy that you are looking for | | | | what you are studying or working on. |