Essay Archive - Ross Rebagliati and the Marijuana Issue
Ross Rebagliati and the Marijuana Issue
Is it fair to punish someone for a crime that they may not have
committed? Should an Olympic athlete be punished for taking a drug that
does not affect his performance, or give him a disadvantage over his
competitors?
As many of you may have heard, Ross Rebagliati is the Canadian
snowboarder that won the first ever Olympic Gold Medal for snowboarding.
After he won, The International Olympic Committee announced his
disqualification from the Olympics, and that he was to be stripped of his
medal, because they found traces of marijuana....
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