The topic I am going to discuss today is Drugs in Sport. My contention is that drugs should not be made legal in sports. Drugs in sport is an issue that is always in the spotlight‚ especially during major athletic events such as the recent and highly controversial‚ Tour De France. However‚ now the issue has risen to such an extent that sport itself is almost a side issue. There have been numerous drug busts over the years as more and more athletes succumb to the temptation of an easy win by
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Consider if steroids were legal‚ how much more exciting sports would be and t would be fair to everyone. Why: As an athlete and competing in a high level sport‚ I easily understand athletes and their reasons for doping in sports. At a high level you’re always striving to be the best you can be ad better than your opponents to win. Also‚ as a candidate for the Provincial and National Team for Canada I have experience in knowing what you need to know and expect while participating in these events
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Sport is so much a part of daily life for so many Australians. An Australian child is brought up to idolise their sporting heroes and to pursue the sport itself. It is devastating to think that maybe our sporting heroes are cheats. Today students are being pressured to perform at higher levels to make the first team‚ representative side or a sporting scholarship at a Greater Public Schools (GPS) which then could lead to the opportunity to make a break into the professional sporting teams. With the
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Drugs in Sport The use of drugs in sports goes back a long-long time‚ in fact back to the original Olympics held from 776 to 393 BC. Old texts suggest that humans were always trying to find ways to do more work with less effort (work hard but suffer less). This caused them to find‚ invent & use drugs or supplements. Thus people began using drugs & performance enhancers. Doping is the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport‚ it is illegal‚ but the use of drugs completely isn’t. That
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Drugs and Sports - Athletes on Steroids As the use of performance enhancing drugs is becoming more popular among athletes‚ many of them don ’t understand the risks involved in taking these drugs. Many people are looking for a quick way to build muscle‚ or to get stronger the fastest way possible. Using these performance aids may very well be a quick fix for many athletes‚ but taking these supplements is unethical and dangerous. Using special drugs to boost an athletes performance is degrading
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Drugs in Sport Prescription Drugs- A prescription drug (also prescription medication or prescription medicine) is a licensed medicine that is regulated by legislation to require a medical prescription before it can be obtained. Performing Enhancing Drugs- Performance-enhancing drugs are substances used by athletes to improve their performances. Stimulants- Stimulants stimulate the body and mind to perform optimally by enhancing focus‚ energy‚ and aggression. Some examples are caffeine‚ amphetamine
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about drugs in sports then? Does anyone condone drugs in sport? Of course not! If I was on the World Anti-Doping Agency looking for people who were taking drugs in sport I’d take every cheating sportsman I find‚ lock them in a cage and throw away the key‚ unfortunately‚ that can’t happen‚ so we should do the next best thing - ban them for life. My outlook on the whole drugs in sport affair comes in the wake of many of our British sportsmen being tested positive for taking various types of drugs‚ such
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penalty for drug cheats in sport Hello fellow students of Taylors Lakes Secondary College. Today I will be speaking about performance enhancing drugs in sport‚ and why there should be harsher penalties for athletes who use them. In order to become a successful athlete‚ you must dedicate a large part of your life to that sport. This is the reason why athletes get paid so much‚ because they have put in so much work in order to entertain audiences. And its one of the many reasons why drug cheats should
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