Performance-enhancing Drugs – Sophie Fawkner Performance-enhancing drugs are chemically made substances that improve or alter the performance of any consumer. In sport‚ anabolic steroids are the most commonly abused drug. Performance-enhancing drugs are not always beneficial‚ as they come at a cost‚ in more ways than one‚ and there are many potential risks. Athletes‚ bodybuilders‚ students or military personnel may use the drugs. They are not illegal‚ but they are also not permitted while taking
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Taking PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs) are a big temptation in an athlete’s life. Taking PEDs is considered cheating for sports and could have severe consequences. But just like cheating in school‚ some people will think it is okay to do it and they don’t care if they do it and get caught or not. Taking PEDs is also known as doping. Doping originated by a Nazi doctor to make them more aggressive in the battlefield( Jacobson ) . Usually‚ athletes are taking PEDs to help their performance for whatever
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A performance enhancing drug (PED) is any substance taken to improve a person’s physical performance. PEDs are most often taken or abused by athletes who are trying to improve their abilities. Athletes take Steroids or Human Growth Hormone (HGH)‚ which are types of PEDs that are used to build up muscle strength. They might also take different forms of painkillers to try and increase their threshold for pain. Another type of PED that an athlete might take is a blood booster such as Erythropoietin
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into the different substances athletes have used and how many performance enhancing drugs are available to use. I decided to look at this because the website title intrigued me and when I saw the list of performance enhancing drugs‚ I knew that this would help significantly to show what athletes use. This is important to me so that it will support why are why not athletes should use drugs by showing what kinds of performance enhancing drugs are available. In the source it states “The International Olympic
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‘smart drugs.’ Instead of dismantling the other team’s equipment‚ the player instead injects himself/herself with steroids. A significant but unknown number of athletes use chemical substances to increase strength and stamina beyond what they can achieve
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to enhance your performance? Breaking Down Key Terms: * 1st Term: “Performance” * Performance- The process‚ manner‚ and quality of functioning * The performance being analyzed in this discussion is in three different areas: Athletic‚ Academic‚ and Social. * 2nd Term: “Enhance” * Enhance-to intensify or increase in quality‚ value‚ and power. * 3rd Term: “Performance Enhancer” * Historically a performance enhancer is basically a synonym for drugs‚ most of the time
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Performance enhancing drugs should not be legalized ‘Olympic track star Marion Jones was sentenced in a federal court to six months in prison.’ (Kelly and Rao‚ 2008) The reason why Jones was guilty is because of the use of performance enhancing drugs since 1999. More and more famous athletes prove to have used banned drugs to enhance their performance. At the same time‚ the role that the anti-doping agency is more and more important in the world wide games‚ such as Olympic Game‚ Tour de France
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Powell 7 April 2017 Performance-Enhancing Drugs Today when people hear the words Performance-Enhancing Drugs they automatically think of athletes and how it will make them a better player. However‚ using drugs to make an athlete better is extremely unhealthy. When players use these drugs they get a power they never had before. They feel like a completely new player that has the skill and strength to do anything they want to while playing their sport. When they are using these drugs they are not thinking
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through ways such as the use of performance enhancing drugs can harm the integrity of the game. Since the 1960’s athletes have been using drugs to enhance their abilities. In the past fifteen years‚ the number of known athletes using these performance enhancing drugs has increased considerably. Two of the top athletes in their respective games‚ Lance Armstrong and Maria Sharapova‚ have revealed that during their career they each used performance enhancing drugs. This brings to question their
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potential. Performance enhancing drugs do just this; help athletes reach their pinnacle. Currently most are not legal in professional sports‚ but this should change. With performance enhancing drugs legal it would make professional sports far more entertaining‚ reduce underground and unsafe drug use‚ give everybody the option to be on a level playing field‚ along with many other positive benefits. As sports fans‚ you pay to see the best players compete at their best possible level. With performance enhancing
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