today’s sport world‚ the question‚ should performance enhancing drugs (PED’s) be legalised in professional sports? I am hoping to pull sport enthusiasts from the ‘ban doping’ side of the argument and look at the full picture long term. I will do this by showing them the positives of legalising PED’s. Should Performance Enhancing Drugs be Legalised in Professional Sports? For years there has been an ongoing argument about whether performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) should be legalised in professional
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athletes alike: performance-enhancing drugs. These drugs come in substances‚ chemical agents and are used in medical procedures which provide the user with an advantage in athletic performance (Encarta‚ 2007.) These drugs have been a very dark shadow over sports since they came into athletics. Recently‚ the Tour de France and Major League Baseball have seen major cases in which star athletes in their sports have been questioned if those drugs had been used. These types of drugs are bad for sports
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Judging Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs Most people know steroids are wrong because of the negative side effects‚ but what about a drug that could improve a person’s attention? It’s not clear whether healthy individuals should or should not use medication or drugs to improve cognitive abilities such as working memory or attention. At their genesis‚ cognitive-enhancing drugs such as Provigil or Ritalin were developed to aid patients suffering from narcolepsy‚ Alzheimer’s disease or ADHD with their cognitive
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Alex Rodriguez‚ a renowned MLB Seattle Mariners and Texas Ranger player‚ was found in the middle of a drug scandal during 3013 when he was accused of injecting performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) into his body. The Miami Times acted as old-fashioned muckrackers by revealing Biogenesis‚ an anti-aging clinic supervised by Tony Bosch. Bosch and his medical practice was exposed as “PED peddlers” that attracted major league baseball players from various MLB teams. Porter Fischer‚ a former employee at Biogenesis
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Introduction Drugs‚ one of the most dangerous things ever to be created by mankind. They have been responsible for numerous deaths as well as problems of some of the most prolific people to ever walk the face of this planet. Not only that‚ it has ruined the careers of numerous high profile athletes all because the money and the fame got to them. Not only did they abuse drugs but also performance enhancing drugs which ended their career permanently. Examples like this are Diego Maradona and his
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Should performance enhancing drugs be allowed in sports? So‚ first of all‚ what are performance enhancing drugs (PEDs)? PEDs are chemicals / substances that are created to be consumed by athletes so that they gain a physical advantage in the performance. These drugs are normally stimulants that make you more energetic or it can accelerate the blood’s oxygen delivery and muscle growth. The most popular type of PEDs are the steroids which can cause acne‚ breast development and in extreme cases heart
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Outline 1. Introduction: Drugs are a major problem in our society. There are many people trying to stop it. Some techniques are imprisonment‚ school programs such as D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)‚ and parental guidance. This simply is not making the drug use go down. What we have been doing in the past is not working. The best possible solution for this epidemic is to legalize drugs. 2. Body: More than 20 million American’s over the age of 12 use illegal drugs. Over the
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The Performance Enhancing Effects of Creatine Everybody in youth has dreamt about that final deciding moment is sports whether it was the bottom of the ninth‚ bases loaded in game seven of the World Series‚ or if it was draining a three pointer at the buzzer of an NBA finals game‚ or even a game winning diving catch during the Superbowl. These moments are what athletes live for. This is what an athlete puts their blood sweat and tears into. They train like there is no tomorrow‚ working to become
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“What are the factors that influence collegiate athletes to take Performance Enhancing Drugs” Research Methods II SFM 6691 July‚ 22nd‚ 2012 Introduction Exploring the factors of performance enhancing drugs (PED) used among collegiate athletes‚ gives sport performance psychology and researchers an opportunity to investigate the multiple factors involved in an athlete’s decision making process. Performance enhancement is a natural and essential element of competitive sports
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What is a drug? A drug is a chemical substance that‚ when absorbed into the body‚ can alter normal bodily function. Many drugs have been banned in sport if they are deemed to provide an unfair advantage‚ pose a health risk‚ or are seen to violate the ‘spirit of sport’. The use of banned drugs by athletes is referred to as ‘doping’. The International Olympic Committee (IOC)‚ and more recently‚ the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have been leading the way in the battle against drugs in sport.
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