Dangers of Enhancing Drugs in Sports From basketball to football to gymnastics‚ enhancing drugs have changed the face of sports as we know it. Performance enhancement drugs‚ like anabolic steroids‚ may help athletes perform better by giving them greater muscle strength; however‚ these athletes may not realize that these illegal drugs are highly dangerous. Is it rally worth risking ones life or health just to win that game or medal? Performance enhancing drugs are substances that
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Drugs in Sport By: Hani Abulzahab Layla Harmoush English 204 Draft 1: Research Paper American University of Beirut Outline I. Introduction The never-ending controversy around sports enhancement drugs will never fade‚ as an increasing number of athletes are admitting their use; global sports authorities like the International Olympic comity (IOC)‚ he World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and other international sports federations continue to consider drug intake as cheating and impose punishments
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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 affects not
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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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dealt with drug or alcohol abuse? We have all been taught since a young age that drugs are bad and addictive‚ but we were never really taught exactly why they were dangerous and how they affected the people around us. I always wondered what makes drugs so addictive. These drugs make you become psychologically dependent on them to feel good‚ deal with life‚ or handle stress. Once you start taking these drugs you may feel like you can quit at anytime but eventually your body will crave the drug and without
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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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playing field in sport will never 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
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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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In the world of sports‚ there are many substances and methods of increasing performance on the field. Most competitive sports test for these performance enhancing drugs and methods to make sure that it is an even playing field but many do not test for recreational drugs or for other substances. They should test for these substances because it could negatively impact the player’s performance on field‚ if the players are using these drugs and substances it could be breaking their contract and many
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their rights‚ financial burdens‚ and health issues. In my research paper‚ I will discuss the effects of recreational marijuana on an individual‚ such as habits before and after taken. I will focus on the health issues that may and may not come with marijuana and the financial cost of another prohibition in modern day. I will explain the positive and negative reasoning for legalizing recreational marijuana within the U.S. I will be answering questions such as; “How will legalizing marijuana help our
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