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    Should sports competitor’s be allowed use drugs to keep others clean? Sports doping is use of drug or blood product to improve athletic performance. In the sports industry performance enhanced drugs are illegal but it doesn’t stop pros from using them. Performance enhanced drugs are mostly used in strength needed sports such as wrestling, baseball, football, and running even though no sport is immune. Reason that these drugs illegal because they could be beneficial and critical to people. Each sport

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    Over the years, sports have changed dramatically. One major change has been the use of performance enhancing drugs (PED’s). This is a very controversial issue in all levels of sports today. Some people think this is a good thing to allow, while some think the complete opposite. Whenever sports were first becoming very popular, the use of PED’s were not available. There were no drugs to alter an athlete's performance on the field or court because the technology was simply not available to produce

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    Drugs And Drugs In Sports

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    Drugs are harmful to players in highschool and franchises in big time sports. It’s no secret because I am going to tell you why, everything from how they can be harmful to death and how those few games an athlete gets suspended for can cause a championship season. It might seem a little crazy, that is, that some athletes take drugs to help with speed recovery, but they’re very harmful to the body. Even though the drugs help players with recovery, speed, fitness, and strength, drugs are harmful to

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    Drugs are harmful to players and franchises in big time sports and high school. It’s no secret because I’m about to tell you why, everything from how they can be harmful to death and how those few games an athlete gets suspended for can cause a championship season. This might seem a little crazy, it being that some athletes take drugs to help with recovery speed, but they’re very harmful to the body. Even though the drugs help players with recovery, speed, fitness, and strength, drugs are harmful

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    Drugs in Sports

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    that use drugs while performing in the Olympic games should have some type of punishment. They should not just be able to get away with everything. Even though not every athlete uses drugs while performing, any drugs that is, the ones who do should have to pay the price. When they use drugs while they are performing, they are risking their whole career, and even their life. Athletes should be required to take a drug test if they plan on performing in the Olympics. Athletes that use drugs should

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    would you do it? Sports enhancement drugs can include anabolic, androstenedione and human growth hormone. Anabolic gives growth in the muscles, usually used for people who have lost significant amount of weight but can be used for athletes illegally as well. Androstenedione gives athletes energy and help’s their red blood cells stay healthy. Human growth hormone helps athletes with their exercise by increasing their muscle strength. I argue that athletes using sports enhancement drug will improve in

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    Sport Enhancing Drugs

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    ascended into the Alps. The thought of illegal, sport enhancing drugs came about. Drugs are a form of cheating, so it was not fair. It was not the first hearing of the drug, but it was the first at the turn of the century. Doping has been around for many years. Humans will continue to use illegal substances, no doubt about that, however if we imply stricter regulations, it will make it harder for athletes to cheat. Doping is “the illegal use of a drug (such as a steroid) to improve an athlete's performance”

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    Drug Use in Sport

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    Drug use in sport should not be allowed by any athletes for many reasons such as we don’t know all the side effects of the drugs which can cause major complications for the athlete even after their career, parents will pull kids out of sport and eventually sport will become fake and an un-even playing field. If athletes take performance enhancing drugs it damages the future of sport. Children will begin to believe that this is risk free since their heroes are doing it. If we legalise the practice

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    Drugs In Sport Research

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    study within this field of research of drugs in sport. Drugs in sport has become one of a major issue in sport news and has increasingly been more common in with elite athletes in Australia. The purpose of this research proposal is to identify the financial circumstances of athletes and how does this affect their attitude towards taking performance enhancing drugs. Should drugs in sport be legal to all competing athletes? Societal Significance Drugs in sport has always made major news headlines as

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    Drugs are becoming more and more acceptable in today's society. Many people use drugs, even those who are constantly in the spotlight. Even athletes are starting to use drugs, and there are two common classifications of them: recreational and performance-enhancing. The use of both of these kinds of drugs by professional athletes is unjust and not fair sport because it is the easy way out and gives those who are competing legally an unfair advantage. Athletes of any kind who make the decision to use

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