Drug Use In College Athletes

Whether it be a Professional Athlete or a high school track runner, drugs are common within their members. The term drugs loosely correlates with three meanings: those that enhance performance (amphetamines, ephedrine, and cocaine), beta-blockers used to slow heart rate and reduce tremor, and the ones used in bodybuilding (human growth hormones, anabolic-steroids, and diuretics). The use of drugs in athletics reaches far beyond the professional leagues, many high school athletes get into the use of the drugs to go beyond the competition or to make them stick out more to college athletic agents. It’s said that 1 in every 20 high school athletes use a sports-enhancing drug, that’s around 5%. The history of performance-enhancers dates back
Anabolic Steroids, or synthetic testosterone, can cause a second puberty including acne, voice cracking, intense hair growth, facial hair growth increases, and rage becomes very overwhelming. It also includes tissue damage like liver damage and hair loss. There are also gender-specific side effects that range differently between men and women. Men have shown to grow breasts, shrinkage of the testicles, and infertility; whereas women’s voices get deeper, breast shrinkage into pectoral muscle, facial and body hair, enlarged clitoris, and random menstrual
The breakthroughs in doping methods are driven, in part, by attempting to be undetectable by current drug tests. To avoid detection, numerous parties have developed sophisticated techniques for administering the drugs. New doping methods result from advances in research which will result in the invention and use of drugs which will later be illegal. Most sports organizations have banned the use and distribution of enhancing drugs and have severe punishments for those who get caught usually ending in removal from the team or being banned from the sport of choice. The first ever drug test for sports happened at the 1966 European Championships, and the IOC followed close by 2 years later implementing drug tests for the Winter and Summer Olympics. Many doctors and nutritionists argue that the enhancers sold and advertised are actually very dangerous and there’s no sure way to know what all is in a dose. The Federal Trade Commision helps protect consumers from false advertisement and advocates the practice of drug companies revealing their full ingredients along with all possible side effects. The FTC monitors especially for androstenedione and ephedra which they specifically have companies mark clearly for when the products contain one of these due to their possibilities on changing hormone balances and bodily functions in men and