"Athletic Coke"

I’m fascinated by professional athletes that get caught doing drugs. Actually, scratch that, I’m fascinated by athletes that get caught doing certain drugs, like coke. Now, I realize that there are many people out there that have nothing against doing pot, neither do I (besides the foul reek that it produces, and the inclination those that use it get towards tie-dyed clothes and folk music, of course). But Coke? What is this, the 70’s? Did we stumble onto the sets of Boogie Nights and Scarface or something?
I realize that pro athletes are under a lot of pressure to perform, but what lures them towards drugs that haven’t been in style since Studio 54 was shut down?! Coke is nasty due to the fact that you have to either snort it up your nose, freebase it or cook it in a spoon and inject it into your veins. Take Mike Irvin and Darryl Strawberry for instance. There must be nothing like laying on the floor of your bathroom, nose bleeding as you suffer from an overdose while the two hookers you picked up are starting to freak out, not because you’re dying, but because they’re not gonna get paid if you die. Wow, now that’s the life!
And the really pathetic thing about all the drug use in sports? When they finally get caught and go to rehab to clean themselves up, these idiots are treated like heroes upon being released! Am I in the Twilight Zone? Since when is it a good thing that you’re colossal a screw up who can’t stay away from the old nose-candy, huh? Most people go their whole lives without getting involved in that kind of stuff, so where the hell’s our parade? The saddest thing about this subject? If you were caught doing coke working at a 7-11 and went into rehab, it isn’t likely that your family would either talk to or trust you again, let alone be able to get your job back.