No one knows what enticed Johnson to take the body-effecting substance which stunned the world. His time of 9.79 seconds was the fastest time ever for a human, cheating or not. He could have become a hero in the world for, the wrong reasons. But the only thing that separated him from a great number of other athletes who competed in 1988 was simple: He got caught.

Throughout the 20th century, it has become quite a universal practice to have used some type of enhancing agent among sportspeople. Athletes, it seems, just cannot ignore its presence. The sport field is starting to become a place of aesthetic people.

From the ancient fields of the old Olympic Games to the modern arenas around the globe. Sports have been given humans an opportunity to succeed. The hours of hard-earned sweat could be turned into something that was once only dreamt about. This was the whole idea when it

It was the onset of the 20th century, though, that the effect of drug taking really took place. Globalization and professionalism in arenas has placed massive mounts of pressure on sportspeople to not only be successful, but be the best.

The basic desires to be successful and satisfy ego requirements are a major basis of internal pressure. The sportsperson, though, cannot always be eluded as the main source of drug taking. Coaches and his/her peers are often very well linked. Because a successful athlete is often associated with a successful coach, the pressures can also mount on him. Mr. Johnson is an excellent case of this. After he had been tested positive for the banned substance, he made this statement. "I'm no the coach. I just take orders.....My concern is to concentrate on just [running].....I was making all this money, so..." In short, the coach only allowed someone who would do whatever it took to win to train with him. Johnson also went on to say, "Nobody took time out to tell me what the side-effects were [of the substance]." For many, many sportspeople throughout this century, that has been the major letdown.

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