Ergogenic use of anabolic steroids

The Debate over Anabolic Steroids The use of performance enhancing drugs like anabolic steroids has been a debatable topic in the United States as early as the 1950’s. Former U. S. Representative Howard Berman expresses that “Steroids can seem necessary to compete at the highest level, and the quick rewards may seem to outweigh the long term consequences to users.” The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) states that countless athletes, both young and old, face life threatening illnesses due

“the lives of some sport figures.” The use of these supplements have given the user an edge, an edge to perform at maximum capability. Most major athletes all agree on the fact that the competitive drive to win can be quite intense. Besides the satisfaction of personal accomplishment, athletes commonly pursue high hopes of attaining a medal, a college scholarship or the once in a lifetime opportunity to play on a professional team. In such an environment, the use of performance-enhancing drugs has become

Players aren’t being able to hit these home runs or score long touchdown’s. Injured  players are getting kicked off the team or even quit because they can’t get to their peak performance that they were at before they got injured.  If more players were to use performance enhancing drugs they would be able to compete to the performance of past players. A performance  enhance drug is any drug used by athletes to heighten their abilities in the performance of their sport. But could P.E.D actually help that

figures.” The use of these supplements have given athletes an edge to perform at maximum capability. Most major athletes all agree on the fact that the competitive drive is intensely fierce. Despite all, most athletes have high hopes of attaining prestigious awards, a full ride college scholarship or the once in a lifetime opportunity to play for a professional team. In such instances, the use of performance-enhancing drugs has become increasingly conventional (Athletes & Drug Use). Accomplishing

Forms of performance enhancement have been filling the world of athletics since the beginning of time. Humans, driven by their natural competitive instinct, have always craved the thrill of winning. Morals become questioned, abilities become enhanced, records begin to be set and all athletes want is more. Many believe that the severity of performance enhancing drugs in the world of athletics is a fairly new concept. What they don’t realize is that even as far back as 100 AD the Roman Gladiators were

Imagine the year is 1998, and baseball player Mark McGwire is stronger and more aggressive than ever. The fans are in shock because the crowd is familiar with baseball games being on the dull side, but this baseball game has the fans at the edge of the seat. Now imagine every Oakland Athletics game having this powerful energy, home run after home run, fast running, and the loud crowd cheering for the home team. The score is tied and the baseball game is in the last inning. The crowd begins to scream

figures.” The use of these supplements have given the user an edge, an edge to perform at maximum capability. Most major athletes all agree on the fact that the competitive determination to win is intense. Despite all, most athletes have high hopes of either winning a medal, a full ride college scholarship or the once in a lifetime opportunity to play for a professional team. In such nature, the use of performance-enhancing drugs has become increasingly recurrent (Athletes & Drug Use). Accomplishing

Ethical dilemmas are something that almost every person will face at various times in their life. Often, even more than once. We were born sinners, so there are times people, even though knowing right from wrong, struggle with making the right decision. How a person works through the dilemmas they face are considerably influenced by their worldview. In this paper, we will look at the ethical dilemma a student faces when confronted with performance enhancing drugs, Christian worldview beliefs, and

when the international Olympic committee created a medical board due to the heightened use. Today there are seven types of performance enhancers including: stimulants, narcotics, anabolic-androgenic steroids, beta-2 agonists, peptide hormones, diuretics, blood doping. That number might seem small but there is a massive amount of variety within these drugs that is causing more and more athletes every year to use them. Performance enhancing drugs should be illegal because of the unfair advantage, health

Core Beliefs Some athletes view doping, the use of performance enhancing drugs, as the only way to keep up with athletic competition (Performance Enhancing Drugs, 2017). With it being such a big issue many people are curious on how the Christian worldview deals with the topic. The Christian worldview