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    to take PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs) because they think it’s good for them? No!! they do it because they want to be better than everyone else‚ there is some some effects that come with 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

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    “doping” is the illegal use of drugs by athletes to enhance performance as well as training or participating in a sporting event‚ most athletes are also relatively unlikely to ever undergo testing. The first drug to be used was heroin and morphine. Heron was mainly found in horse racing circles‚ while morphine was the thing to do which was so-called endurance in sports. Using drugs to cheat in sports is not new but is becoming more effective. Even if performance-enhancing drugs were to be legalized in a

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    : Inside The World Of Sport Initiations And Hazing. n.p.: Canadian Scholars ’ Press‚ 2004. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 13 Nov. 2012. Mangan‚ Tricia. "Effects of Performance Enhancing Drugs." LIVESTRONG.COM. LIVESTRONG.COM‚ n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2012. <http://www.livestrong.com/article/88372-effects-performance-enhancing-drugs/ Merrill‚ Katherine‚ and Thomas Joiner Rajeev‚ Loveleena. "Importance of Teamwork." Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com‚ 28 Jan. 2010. Web. 14 Nov. 2012. <http://www.buzzle.com/articles/importance-of-teamwork

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    (Richardson 2010). Performance enhancing drugs have become widely used since the 1970’s and have only increased in the numbers of athletes using the drugs to up their endurance and perform to their greatest potential. Professionals such as Barry Bonds‚ Jose Canseco‚ and Hulk Hogan have all been humiliated and are now seen as cheaters after being caught using steroids. It is too late to stop these sports fuelled on drugs because of the large number of athletes using‚ so why not consider drug use as a way

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    has changed due to developments in the law‚ technology and the most prevalent performance enhancing drugs. Due to this current accelerated advancement in technology‚ it is becoming more and more difficult to detect performance enhancing drugs as athletes have begun to find more effective methods in masking these drugs consequently making it easier to cheat. This essay will outline the law behind performance enhancing drugs and concern they possess; investigate perspective from the public and professionals

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    athletes participating in the games. The use of performance enhancing drugs has caused game play suspensions for some of the world’s most popular athletes such as the New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez. There are several arguments for the use of these enhancements by the athletes that we cannot really argue with. As an individual‚ any one person is responsible for choosing the supplements that they put in their body either for health purposes or for enhancing their physical attributes (Procon.org‚ n.d

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    Effects of Performance Enhancing Drugs on Athletes The risks of taking performance -enhancing drugs to improve an athletes’ performance outweighs the benefits. Along with the fact that all performance-enhancing drugs are illegal to use in sports‚ there are also serious side effects and addiction risks to the drugs. Athletes may choose from a variety of drugs and each may achieve different benefits. However‚ most of the time‚ athletes are uneducated in their decision to take the drugs‚ which can

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    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 people including

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    The Dangers of using Performance-Enhancing Drugs A serious problem in sports today is doping (e.g.‚ performance-Enhancing drugs) due to the fact these drug are dangerous when use at high doses; Especially Amphetamine‚ anabolic steroids‚ and the human growth hormone. Athletes who use performance-enhancing drugs not only risk their career but they also risk their lives. Is doping necessarily a bad thing? In 2004‚ sports academic Lincoln

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    anabolic steroids ought to be aware‚ the drugs can be highly -dangerous and addictive. (Atik). Performance Enhancing Drugs has been a thing that players in that sport has come around of in their career. Performance Enhancing Drugs has led to players being suspended from 50 to a lifetime suspension depending if the player has done it more than 1 time. Steroids PEDs help players to catch up to their opponent build speed‚ stamina‚ and strength. Performance Enhancing Drugs is a big conflict to the sport organization

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