The Use of Performance Drugs in Sports

More and more, of our society views winning more important than itself. Success in competition brings status, popularity, and fame, not to mention college scholarships. Today’s athletes are looking for an advantage over the competition that will make them winners. Unfortunately, the drugs of today are caught up in the high stakes competition frenzy. Of this reality, teenage use of performance improved drugs is growing ever more popular. In colleges and in the professional league a lot of people are doing drugs and its ruining their health and life. Also, if some teenagers take performance drugs they are making them better than everyone else giving themselves an advantage over everyone else which is cheating, so why should they get money for using drugs to win, how do we know they aren't actually good at the sport? Performance drugs in sport should not be tolerated and should be illegal. Stores shouldn't give teenagers drugs that way they can do well in a sport. Many student athletes want to make their families proud by doing something their mom or dad never done.

Most serious athletes will tell you that the competitive drive to win can be fierce. Besides the satisfaction of personal accomplishment, athletes often pursue dreams of winning a medal for their country or securing a spot on a professional team or to make their family proud. In such an environment, the use of performance drugs has become increasingly common. But using performance drugs — aka, doping — isn't without risks. “Take the time to learn about the potential benefits, the health risks and the many unknowns regarding so-called performance drugs such as anabolic steroids, androstenedione, human growth hormone, erythropoietin, diuretics, creating and st...

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... an alcoholic beverage made from delicious grape skins used by Zulu warriors in order to increase their prowess in battle."(World Anti-Doping Agency) The most famous sports that use performance drugs is baseball, basketball, and mostly football. A famous baseball player named Nelson Cruz does steroids and got suspended from the Major League Baseball league for using drugs. Like when student athletes win a very important game, championship or they go undefeated they go out to celebrate by drinking and partying and then they end up having fun which in this case is doing drugs. After they end up celebrating they are late to their sports practice. When they end up late to their professional sport they either get suspended or fired, I think that they should because its their life there messing up.When they do that it makes little kids that they look up too do drugs.