Essays on Berkow

People use drugs for different purposes. Drug abuse is the continuous use of an illegal or addictive drug (Abadinsky, 2014). The use of the drugs is due to the psychological, social and personal issues. Most of the scenarios of drug abuse are attributed to the sociological and psychological issues.

Event 1

The first event of drug addiction is the instance of doping by sports personalities. Doping has taken center stage in the sports arena with people using performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) (Berkow, 2008). Currently, Russia is banned by the IAAF because of the instance of doping among the players. The players also ...

Role of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Canadian Economy

The Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are acknowledged as the engines of the Canadian economy. The success of these businesses leads to prosperity in the Canadian market. In Canada, 98.1% of the entire business activity lie in the category of small businesses and by the addition of the medium-sized businesses, it amounts to 99.8% of all the businesses. SMEs that belong to the Information Technology (It) industry are the major contributor to job creation and economic growth in Canada. SMEs contribute to more than 45% of the total Canadian export value that is more than $130 billion. It is ...

Baseball is a game that needs speed and strength besides the skill. It is therefore not a wonder that the players got into the trap of using steroids, so that they can deliver the hardest throws and perform fast moves, all with the aim of rising to fame and becoming celebrity models. The players also tend to recover fast from injury, thus making the steroid usage common among he players. Berkow (2) indicates that the best home runs that were ever made in the game were made by players who were under the influence of steroids. These runs were made by ...