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    taking them‚ too. They have been illegal in sports for a long time because of these things‚ many people still argue about letting them in though. Many people are at risk to taking PEDs. I believe that PEDs should stay illegal in sports because of young athletes having role models who do take drugs‚ health problems with PEDs‚ and many athletes seeking an unfair advantage. These are only three of some of the many reasons why PEDs should stay illegal in sports. My first reason is there are problems with

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    enhancement process. The practice of using steroids has been cited as far back as 1995. All of the major sports leagues and the Olympic committees have had policies of drug testing for over two decades and yet there still are some inconsistencies that Congress wants to address. They claim that it is about public policy towards drugs in sports and say “that millions of Americans care deeply about sports. If fans are upset about this issue‚ it’s a legitimate use of Congress and not a waste of time.” Tell

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    players have died from the use of performance enhancing drugs (PED) (Almanac 3). Not only are PEDs dangerous‚ using PEDS would make it unfair for players who choose to stay clean. Steroids are not allowed in any other sport and they are cheating. Cheating is not allowed in anything else so why would they be allowed now? Even though baseball would be more interesting because there would be more home runs‚ steroids should not be allowed to be used in the MLB nor any other sport because players would get

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    debated weather not to have steroids in sports‚ or to keep them away from all competition. However some athletes use steroids anyway to “get ahead” of the competition. These action can cause athletes being kicked out of a game or even all future competition. Some people ask “Why use steroids?” Some athletes use drugs‚ where they can train their bodies hard and then have their bodies recover fast. Different types of athletes use steroids in different ways depending on what sport the athlete is partaking

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    Steroids Used in High School Sociology of Sports Steroids Used in High School Protect Our Nation’s Youth (Pony) is the mantra of a competitive baseball league that says it prepares young baseball players for high school. Parents are placing them in

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    and athletic practice across the United States there are secrets. These secrets are kept by public gyms‚ membership health clubs and even high school sports. This secret is killing our youth and disrupting the sportsmanship of not only the United States‚ but also on an international level. What I am referring to is the use of anabolic steroids. This epidemic is spreading through our country like a wildfire. It is going unnoticed and misunderstood. Even our government has not found the money

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    The harms steroids can cause on the athlete are not the only concern when taking them. Steroids give athletes that boost in their performance which puts them above their competitors. This gives for an unfair advantage among the players. Since steroids work so well and create an unfair advantage‚ it breaks the social contract athletes agree to: “We are going to have a fair contest” (“ProCon.org”). Sports are about competition on equal footing‚ with respect for the opponent‚ and with respect for

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    few years there has been a debate whether using steroids in horse-racing is ethical‚ while steroids are performance enhancing they are very dangerous and can cause a lot of injury or even death to the horse and rider. Topic I: Steroids have been used in the horse-racing industry since the 1970’s‚ but studies have shown in the past few years just how dangerous the steroids can be. A- A man named Dr. Lawrence Soma said that these anabolic steroids are very dangerous because‚ when the foreign EPO’s

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    The Ethics of Steroids in Professional Sports Currently in professional sports‚ the use of steroids is one of the most highly debated and controversial topics. It seems that every day there is an athlete being suspended‚ fined‚ and even prosecuted for using these performance-enhancing drugs. In many cases‚ sports fans will condemn these athletes for their involvement in steroids. As I looked deeper into the subject I thought to myself‚ “what is so wrong with athletes trying to take their game

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    Sports performers of today’s world are encouraged by not only us‚ but from their coaches and managers to win at all costs. But then we blame them for taking supplements when the chances of detection are low. We want better performance from our sports heroes‚ but demonetize the methods used to produce those performances while hiding behind concerns of their health. Concerns for health that are not commensurable with our normal paternalistic attitudes. Quoting Norman Fost‚ “The number of deaths from

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