Performance Enhancing Drugs Should Be Banned For Athletes
The use of Performance Enhancing Drugs(PED) has a major impact on athletes negatively and cause many problems in sports and competitions. These PEDs should be banned for athletes and competitors on any level because they are, unhealthy and harmful to the body, give users an edge over competitors, and it diminishes the true sportsmanship of the game itself.
The illegal use of Performance Enhancing Drugs lead to many unhealthy and potentionaly serious negative side effects. Long term side effects of PEDs include damage to vital organs such as the liver, kidney, and heart. PEDs affect your organs because they are not use to processing and breaking down these strong compound of the drug, and over time it begins to damage them. These drugs can also be very harmful for users that are not fully developed. Users of these drugs that are not fully developed risk permanently halting their growth plates. PEDs can also alter the Limbic system, which changes our emotion and memory. One of the most commonly known side effects is “Roid ...
The problems with performance enhancing drugs are that they give the user unfair advantages over other athletes and come with many health risks such as baldness. Steroid use can result in very substantial legal consequences and can ruin the user’s reputation. There are many alternatives to steroids but not all of them are safe. Different organizations have different rules on steroids, but in most cases, the user can get suspended, fined, or even both. Various types of steroids can have various short-term or long-term side effects. There are several types of steroids, the most popular ones being anabolic steroids. Historically, steroids have been around for many years, but the debate surrounding them started recently, more specifically a few decades ago. An important term to know is anabolic steroids which are made to work with the user’s muscle mass. Another term to know is clarified by Ida Walker, author of the book, Steroids: Pumped Up and Dangerous, published by Mason Crest Publishers in 2008, defines, peliosis hepatis is a rare condition in which cysts filled with blood form in the liver, if the cysts were to pop then internal bleeding would occur. A positive argument about steroids is stated by Adrianne Blue, author of the essay, “Performance Enhancing Drugs Should Be Legal,” published in the book Athletes and Drug Use, published in 2009, disputes, “Blue concludes that legalizing performance- enhancing drugs can protect athletes from dangerously abusing them.” The utilization of performance enhancing drugs has left a giant scar on sports and has compromised the achievements of many athletes; therefore, they are transforming the sports world into a drug filled world.
For those who've never heard of the term PED's, Performance enhancing drugs are any supplements that are considered to allow one perform better in their respective sports ,such as anabolic steroids and HGH( Human Growth hormones). The effects of these supplements can range from expediting muscle to increasing one's stamina. PEDs began to become the center of controversy when the I.O.C set up a medical commission to oversee the fight against doping, which ultimately lead to the ban of PED's in professional sports. Stemming off from the I.O.C...
The truth is, they do produce side effects and irregular muscle growth. By banning the use of performance enhancing drugs, just like steroids, sports competition will have a much healthier and fairer environment to participate in. Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports The use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs is a common trend that is currently fascinating athletes all over the world. Athletes who are using these drugs are damaging the sport and harming their bodies at the same time.
Every athlete dreams of becoming the best player in their sport. For most athletes, this dream was created in their childhood watching their favorite player perform at great levels to achieve success. Most athletes will stop at anything to achieve success, even if that means breaking the rules. An athlete whether the biggest, fastest, or strongest, will always look for something that will give them and extra edge over everybody else, even if that means performance enhancing drugs. With new records being broken day by day, I believe performance-enhancing drugs should be legal in all professional sports.
The problems for males is that PEDs gives them breast tissue development, shrinks testicles, Cause baldness, and also reduces sperm production. For females it deepens their voice, hair grows more everywhere, and also ends breast development. PEDS also cause blood cancer, strokes, heart attacks, thyroid problems, and for men feminization. These drugs are easy to take but can also easily kill you. Once you start seeing some of your body changes, you will want to have more. Once you get addicted you might see some bad physical appearances. People who take anabolic steroids should know they come with major physical side effects. Once you start getting those appearances and everybody notices it will be the time your coach or trainer realizes it.
Many Athletes are willing to do whatever it takes to become a professional. One of the easiest ways to enhance natural ability is through performance-enhancing drugs or, PEDs. PEDs are substances used by athletes to increase their performance. The use of PEDs in athletic competition can date back to ancient Greece. Athletes use PEDs to run faster, jump higher and recover at an increased pace. Many athletes are pressured into using PEDs by coaches or managers and are not thoroughly educated the harmful health issues that can come along with taking performance-enhancing drugs. A rising issue is if performance-enhancing drugs should be allowed in professional sports. I believe that in any professional sport, the use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes should continue to be banned because this rule will help to keep athletes from abusing these harmful drugs.
There are many side affects for athletes using PEDs. These affects often are not immediate as players in the past have not seen any issues till well after they have retired from the sport. These athletes are well aware of the consequences they face when using drugs, but for a career and payday that will be remembered in history it is all...
One way in which PEDs harm the sporting world is by giving users an unfair physical advantage. For example, some PEDs can boost strength by 38% or increase endurance by 34%. This is enough of a boost to give an almost guaranteed victory to users of PEDs. Also, PEDs helped Lance Armstrong, former professional biker, to win seven Tour de Frances (professional biking competitions) in a row. Accomplishing this would’ve been very difficult without the use of PEDs, and created imbalance in that legitimate players couldn’t win. Last, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse said that PEDs “do, in fact,
It is amazing what athletes will do to achieve higher levels of performance and to sometimes get the extra edge on the competition. Most of the time people do not realize the long-term effects that result from the decisions they make early in life. This resembles the use of steroids in a person’s life.
According to biologyreference.com, about 20 percent of high schoolers and 30 percent of college and pro-athletes use or have used steroids. Athletes have been using shortcuts to get desired results since the beginning of sports. After World War II athletes began to realize that using these substances significantly improved their abilities. There have been incidents of injuries regarding steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. The use of performance enhancing drugs should not be tolerated as they present many health risks amongst adults and children, and using them is simply dishonest.
The topic discussed in this paper is for the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). With today’s modern science and medical advances, PEDs shouldn’t be banned for general purposes and/or in sports. PEDs have a bad reputation in the sports world because it is commonly viewed as “cheating” and might give a slight advantage among competitors. PEDs also receive a bad reputation for various health concerns from abusers. Anyone from normal persons to professional athletes should have the right to choose if they want to use PEDs.
Both genders may suffer undesirable physical changes in which men develop shrunken testicles, enlarged breasts, infertility and baldness while women may develop deep voice, excess body hair, enlarged clitoris, irregular menstrual cycle and also baldness. As for teenagers, their growth and development might be stunted. These drugs also also brings effect psychologically to which induces a person to rage, violence, depression, invicibility, paranoid jealousy, irritability and impaired judgment. Athletes’ health are also exposed to danger as these drugs when consume can cause liver and cardiovascular problems, cancer, stroke, stunt bone growth and even HIV when contaminated needles are shared in which all of these diseases can result to their death. The moral principles that govern sports are violated when athletes turn to PEDs as it contravene the virtue of honesty and trustworthiness.
A PED or a performance enhancing drug is a drug which helps the user to improve on any form of activity performance. Athletes and bodybuilders use PED’s to enhance their performance. There are many types of PEDs, one is the anabolic drug. It is the most common and it is to build up muscle. They are steroids, hormones, and human growth hormone. The effects are giving the user extra strength, speed, and increases their size. It can be detected by a urine sample from the user. The side effects are severe acne, oily skin, hair loss, liver disease, liver tumors and cysts, kidney disease, heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, altered moods, irritability, increased aggression, depression or feeling suicidal, alterations in cholesterol and other blood
Have you ever heard of someone or knew someone who used PEDs or performing enhancing drugs? You’ve probably heard of Lance Armstrong or Alex Rodriguez, they got caught using PEDs. Now, what exactly is a PED? A PED is a drug that resembles the structure of the body’s sex hormone testosterone. These drugs are used by athletes to boost the body’s ability to produce muscle and prevent muscle breakdown, according to Kids Health. Athletes may think that these drugs can boost their game, but these drugs can have some nasty side effects. Side effects ranging from tumors to possibly death. These drugs can create an unfair advantage for other players playing the sport. They are also illegal in the United States. Lastly, they can also take a nasty toll on a person’s body. Overall, these drugs can have many effects on a person such as diseases and possibly death, they are illegal, and they can create an unfair playing ground for other players.
Overall it is clear that the need to use performance enhancing drugs is outweighed by the consequences and issues caused by performance enhancing drugs. Sporting events such as the world cup, the Olympics or the World Series make young children feel inspired and encouraged about what they could achieve through dedication and hard work. I feel it is important for the sporting industry as well as the athletes to return respectability to the sport. By