Drugs and Athletes Athletes around the world have different ways and strategies for them to succeed in their sport. Some athletes put numerous hours in training‚ conditioning and competing. All athletes have the same goal and that is to be on top‚ nobody trains to become second. With this‚ you think it is very easy for one to be an athlete. It requires time‚ dedication‚ passion and love for the sport if you dont have all this then you are just wasting your time. Performance-enhancing
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Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Kara Dunn Axia College of the University of Phoenix What are performance enhancing drugs? They are drugs that give an athletic advantage over those who do not use them. Performance enhancing drugs can be used to enlarge muscles or increase the blood’s oxygen carrying capacity. The use of substances to improve athletic performance dates back thousands of years. These types of drugs are becoming more common and are being used at a younger age. Today’s
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Performance enhancing drugs can provide extra energy for athletes by increasing the chance to win competitions. Many peoples do not know that taking performance enhancing drugs is harmful. There are many concerns about the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport‚ however‚ strategies have been suggested which could reduce the use of these drugs in sport. First of all‚ taking performance enhancing drugs will cause severe harm to health. It is serious change
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Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports There are many reasons athletes take performance-enhancing drugs. One might wonder though‚ why people would take them when there are so many more reasons why they should not. Performance-enhancing drugs are also referred to as anabolic steroids (Steroid Pros and Cons‚ 2005). "Anabolic steroids‚ also called steroids‚ roids‚ sauce or juice‚ are synthetic male hormones" (Steroids‚ Sports‚ and Athletic Performance‚ n.d.‚). Taking performance-enhancing drugs
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Although Fry has provided the reader with many reasons as to why performance enhancing drugs should be allowed‚ many believe otherwise. In the article‚ “Performance-Enhancing Drugs: Where Should the Line be Drawn and by Whom‚” by one of the country’s most famous sport psychiatrists and well renowned writer Michael Lardon‚ he argues the use of performance enhancing drugs has become universal‚ thus causing a plethora of complex issues for the administrative officials of detail oriented sports. Lardon
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be level because many athletes have a distinct advantage through their genetic ability. Performance enhancing drugs help level the playing field” Quote: Inside Sport 1999 Using specific examples‚ analyse why drugs to enhance sport performance is an ethical issue. (8) Performance enhancing drugs‚ as it states‚ are drugs which have an influence on the performance and capabilities of an individual. As drugs become more common place in the field of sports‚ athletes are given more opportunities to
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Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports July 8‚ 2007 Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports Have you ever wanted to be the best and you would do anything to get to that point? Even if it meant people not liking you or it could adversely affect your health in later years. Imagine if you will being one of five people considered for the Regional Vice President position at a Fortune 500 company and there is only one opening. Would you do something that is illegal in order to get that job? Before
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Performance enhancing drugs(PEDs) have been a very debatable topic over the years between teen athletes and professional athletes. Performance enhancing drugs are any substance taken by athletes to improve an athlete’s performance. PEDs can come in many shapes sizes‚ and colors‚ for example Pills are the most common way of consuming enhancement drugs‚ because it is easy to purchase‚ and also it it very easy to transport between dealers and buyers. The most common sport(s) that PEDs are associated
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name. Which leads me to my point‚ if Performance Enhanced Drugs (PED’s) were to become legalized it would cause multiple problems not only on the field but even at home. Their legalization would raise multiple health concerns‚ cause unfairness in sporting events‚ and badly influence the children of today’s generation. Many PED’s pose a serious threat to the health of its users. Although the main reason for using these drugs are to improve physical performance‚ there are still many
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Abstract The use of Performance enhancing drugs in today’s sports world has become a bigger problem then ever before. May young athletes are turning to these drugs to give themselves and advantage over other athletes. The use of anabolic steroids by professional athletes will often lead these young athletes to use and not feel that it’s a dangerous problem. In this essay I will present facts that show steroids should not only be band as they currently are‚ but are causing an ever growing amount
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