Peds Should Be Banned

Today, the use of PEDs is banned all over the world. However, despite being banned it is still used on many types of sport worldwide. Many people, particularly athletes, are now relying on PEDs to improve their body and performance to keep their career going. Advocates of PEDs have reasoned that rather than banning PEDs it should be legalized and regulated instead (Listland, 2015). The primary reason for legalizing PEDs is it can bring more entertainment and profit, it is the choice of the athlete, it could be a source of sportsmanship and level the playing field, and it doesn't have an effective drug testing method. Entertainment is the primary source why fans watch baseball, basketball and other types of sports. The use of PEDs can make

Athletes born with body suitable for a specific sport have a significant advantage over other athletes. Athletes who don't have the genes to compete use PEDs to compensate for their unfair disadvantage. In a way, doping is a way to level off the playing field between athletes who has the talent and genes and athletes who doesn't. It is a way to bridge the gap and bring a more competitive atmosphere between the athletes. Plus, there are also no coherent arguments that can support the use of PEDs as unfair because there are many other factors that can bring about an unfair advantage to other athletes like access to a more advanced facility and good coaches (Frost,

Richard Pound (2008) emphasizes that, "... [I]f everyone else is doing what they're doing, then instead of taking 10 grams or 10 cc's or whatever it is, they'll take 20 or 30 or 40, and a vicious circle simply gets bigger [emphasis mine]." To sum up, the use of PEDs in sports is not really to level off the playing field if everyone is doing it and is therefore erasing any of the "supposed" advantage. Another reason to legalize the use of PEDs is the ineffective tests to detect PEDs in the body. Statistics made by the International Olympic General-Director has shown that only eight out of 11,000 Olympic competitiors has gotten a positive result on the tests to detect PEDs (Waddington, 2000). However, if doping is so widespread, then why is there a very large gap between those who dope and those who doesn't. The only answer is because the available tests to detect PEDs are poor indicators and they have many