Should Athletes Use Performance-Enhancing Drugs In Sports

Should athletes be stripped of their titles and medals for using sports-enhancing drugs? Do sports-enhancing drugs actually improve the athlete’s natural abilities to the extent where their abilities are no longer natural? These are the controversial questions that stem from athletes involved with sports-enhancing drugs. Substances that improve the performance of an athlete are classified as an enhancing drug. Anabolic steroids, human growth hormones, and even diuretics are some commonly used sports-enhancing drugs. The professional sports industry, in my opinion, is being defined by athletes who are using or not using sports-enhancing drugs. The athletes who are in the professional sports world today and are achieving greatness end up being on a form of enhancing drug in most cases.

Athletes use performance enhancing drugs to boost their game. The professionals who use these drugs are ruining the integrity of the game. Many people don’t understand why professional athletes would go to such extreme measures to be better when they have already proven themselves. Athletes are just taking away from their natural ability by using these dangerous drugs. The risk of using performance enhancing drugs is a lot greater than the reward, because an athlete’s reputation could be tarnished and their career ruined. Money is one of the major reasons why players use them; if they perform at levels higher than what their natural abilities could do they will be offered a large sum of money.

“Commentators claim that performance-enhancing drugs are not right or wrong, simply another strategy to improve performance” (Introduction to Performance-Enhancing Drugs). There are two main problems wrong with the use of drugs being legal. Health of athletes would drop devastatingly, and the true competition would become who gets lucky. “Some mourn the loss of yesterday's baseball heroes, while others argue that sport figures who use performance-enhancing drugs expose flaws in American culture” (Introduction to Performance-Enhancing

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The benefits of using some types of performance-enhancing drugs are obvious. Professional athletes have a very 'short shelf life' as competitors in most sports and must cash in on their talents as soon as possible. For Olympic athletes, the

Do you feel that PED’s should be allowed in sport? The problem is that players use PED’s or Performance Enhancing Drugs to get an advantage over their opponents. Despite the advances in technology for discovering PED’s, there is still a great number of people who get away with PED’s. Many people continue to use PED’s and will continue to use them until they get caught, and even after they get caught. Performance enhancing drugs should not be allowed in sports, resulting in more fair competition.

In the brutal, competitive world of sports and athletics where athletes are expected to be perfect and perform at the highest level, there is a copious amount of athletes looking for a way to get the edge over one another. Steroids is often the drug used to give them that edge, but should these drugs be allowed? A person would think it would be an ignominy to cheat but it is becoming quite normal. There was a boy named Taylor Hooton from a small town just north of Dallas. Taylor was in a family full of talented athletes; however, a month after his 17th birthday Taylor killed himself because of steroids. His father was a pitcher in the MLB, and his brother a pitcher in college. Taylor had a lot of pressure on him to be successful, and it forced him to make a risky move that did not pay off. Yes, steroids can help athletes get stronger and better at what they do; however, it does a lot more harm to you than you think. 30% of collegiate and professional athletes take steroids, as do 10%-20% of high school athletes. (Meunier) Taking performance enhancing drugs at any level of athletics should not be allowed because it gives players an

Steroids are a common drug in sports. Steroids should not be allowed for sports. They allow for athletes to become bigger and faster more rapidly. Many athletes over the years have used them, including Alex Rodriguez, Mark Mcgwire, and many more. There are also some downsides of using them and this is why the should not be used.

Should athletes be allowed to use performance-enhancing drugs (such as steroids or EPO) or techniques (such as blood doping or oxygen tanks)?

Using drugs to increase performance is without doubt cheating when it comes to sports, but in professional sports money will always be a reason for athletes to use it. For a professional athlete it can be the difference between being the best and being part of the results list. With all the money involved in sports today there is a calculated risk by using it that many people are willing to take.

The use of Performance Enhancing Drugs(PED) has a major impact on athletes negatively and cause many problems in sports and competitions. These PEDs should be banned for athletes and competitors on any level because they are, unhealthy and harmful to the body, give users an edge over competitors, and it diminishes the true sportsmanship of the game itself.

In the world of sports, should good athletes be allowed to make their performance better? The answer is yes, because most everyone has the desire to make themselves better and that would include athletes. I feel that they should be allowed to use performance drugs to make their performances better for several reasons

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In 2013, 12 Major League Baseball players each received fifty game suspensions without pay for using performance enhancing drugs. Big names such as Ryan Braun and Alex Rodriguez were on this list. Testosterone, an illegal substance, is what is found in the performance enhancing drugs. Testosterone increases male characteristics such as body hair, aggression, deepening of the voice, and of course massive muscle growth (“Steroids” par. 1). Some professional athletes claim to use performance enhancing drugs to recover more quickly from injury; others take them because they have not seen the positive feedback in working out, without the use of the steroids. Steroids may be referred to as 'roids', juice, hype, or pump and they are

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