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    world of sports‚ there are many substances and methods of increasing performance on the field. Most competitive sports test for these performance enhancing drugs and methods to make sure that it is an even playing field but many do not test for recreational drugs or for other substances. They should test for these substances because it could negatively impact the player’s performance on field‚ if the players are using these drugs and substances it could be breaking their contract and many people including

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    The Dangers of using Performance-Enhancing Drugs A serious problem in sports today is doping (e.g.‚ performance-Enhancing drugs) due to the fact these drug are dangerous when use at high doses; Especially Amphetamine‚ anabolic steroids‚ and the human growth hormone. Athletes who use performance-enhancing drugs not only risk their career but they also risk their lives. Is doping necessarily a bad thing? In 2004‚ sports academic Lincoln

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    potential. Performance enhancing drugs do just this; help athletes reach their pinnacle. Currently most are not legal in professional sports‚ but this should change. With performance enhancing drugs legal it would make professional sports far more entertaining‚ reduce underground and unsafe drug use‚ give everybody the option to be on a level playing field‚ along with many other positive benefits. As sports fans‚ you pay to see the best players compete at their best possible level. With performance enhancing

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    nature of principles and values that should apply to sport". (Simon‚ p.19) The major points of importance that the text focuses on are: Moral issues of tactical fouling‚ ethical cheating‚ reason for deviance in competitive sports‚ and performance enhancing drugs. Sadly these are all very real issues that we have to deal with in the realm of sport‚ and all of the

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    anabolic steroids ought to be aware‚ the drugs can be highly -dangerous and addictive. (Atik). Performance Enhancing Drugs has been a thing that players in that sport has come around of in their career. Performance Enhancing Drugs has led to players being suspended from 50 to a lifetime suspension depending if the player has done it more than 1 time. Steroids PEDs help players to catch up to their opponent build speed‚ stamina‚ and strength. Performance Enhancing Drugs is a big conflict to the sport organization

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    Performance-enhancing Drugs – Sophie Fawkner Performance-enhancing drugs are chemically made substances that improve or alter the performance of any consumer. In sport‚ anabolic steroids are the most commonly abused drug. Performance-enhancing drugs are not always beneficial‚ as they come at a cost‚ in more ways than one‚ and there are many potential risks. Athletes‚ bodybuilders‚ students or military personnel may use the drugs. They are not illegal‚ but they are also not permitted while taking

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    Taking PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs) are a big temptation in an athlete’s life. Taking PEDs is considered cheating for sports and could have severe consequences. But just like cheating in school‚ some people will think it is okay to do it and they don’t care if they do it and get caught or not. Taking PEDs is also known as doping. Doping originated by a Nazi doctor to make them more aggressive in the battlefield( Jacobson ) . Usually‚ athletes are taking PEDs to help their performance for whatever

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    into the different substances athletes have used and how many performance enhancing drugs are available to use. I decided to look at this because the website title intrigued me and when I saw the list of performance enhancing drugs‚ I knew that this would help significantly to show what athletes use. This is important to me so that it will support why are why not athletes should use drugs by showing what kinds of performance enhancing drugs are available. In the source it states “The International Olympic

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    is truly an indicator of his or her morality. Many people however do not see these inner benefits of sports. That is why they either emptily yearn for a carved physique or‚ unfortunately‚ end up engaging in – most of the time – illegal performance-enhancing drugs‚ which in my opinion deprive sports of their very essence. Sports are a competition‚ not a battle of life and death stemming from one’s pride and greed. In conclusion‚ I believe that sports primarily shape one’s character‚ whereas the

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    Performance enhancing drugs should not be legalized ‘Olympic track star Marion Jones was sentenced in a federal court to six months in prison.’ (Kelly and Rao‚ 2008) The reason why Jones was guilty is because of the use of performance enhancing drugs since 1999. More and more famous athletes prove to have used banned drugs to enhance their performance. At the same time‚ the role that the anti-doping agency is more and more important in the world wide games‚ such as Olympic Game‚ Tour de France

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