Performance Enhancer Testing Pros And Cons

Research and Opinion Paper: Performance Enhancer Testing

Performance enhancing drugs are used by athletes to improve their performance in sports. Drugs such as anabolic steroids, stimulants, diuretics, analgesics, cannabinoids, hormones, glucocorticosteroids and androstenedione are used by athletes and are illegal (Freudenrich, 2000 ). The use of drugs is illegal because they can cause serious health problems. Also, use of drugs is considered unfair advantage over other competitors also called “cheating.” Therefore, performance enhancer testing is done to determine whether the athletes are using illegal drugs; through urinal test or blood test. Today, according to Richard Lezin Jones from New York Times, more and more high school athletes are using illegal performing enhancing drugs. Thus, random drug testing should be conducted to high school athletes in order to decrease and stop the use of dangerous illegal drugs.
Everyone likes to win, especially athletes who are constantly competing. Professional athletes are pushed and pressured to
However, when drugs are abused and used without doctors’ prescription and supervision that become serious problem. When athletes wrongly use the drugs, they can harm their health and themselves. Moreover, increasing number of young athletes are using performance enhancing drugs, we have to protect them by making drug test mandatory to all high school athletes and professional athletes as well. I believe, if random testing is done, the number of high school athletes using performance enhancing drugs can and will decrease. They will be discouraged and will stop the use if he or she was using. They will realize that the mandatory random testing means serious business and drugs are no good for them. Educating athletes and testing them for illegal performing enhancer drugs are a good start to protect them from the dangers and