Should Steroids be Allowed in Sports No‚ steroids should not be allowed in sports. It seems that the use of steroids in sports should be allowed. According to Saculescu‚ Foddy‚ and Clayton the legalization of performance enhancing drugs in sports would be fairer and safer. One of the drugs used in sports‚ erythropoietin (EPO)‚ is a growth hormone and found naturally in the body (Clyaton et. al). These drugs are also so advanced that they can actually mimic certain natural processes
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The Controversial Sport of Cheerleading Nikki Johnson Cheerleading is just one of those activities‚ which cause many controversial upheavals. Whether it is the outfits they are wearing or the moves they are doing‚ there is always a problem it seems like. I mean just think about how many times you may have seen something you don’t like or agree with cheerleaders doing. Well I guess that’s just the wonderful world of cheerleading. Cheerleading can be a great sport to become involved in‚ but
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thing I put into my body is steak and eggs. Steroids are not even a thought” says Jim Thome. Using drugs in sports should not be allowed because these drugs can cause physical and mental harm and other problems to the player. There should be drug testing during all seasons of the game and in every sport. Although these drugs cause harm to the players can find these drugs almost anywhere and can also be prescribed by a doctor. So should drugs be allowed in sports? First‚ players that use certain drugs
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Since the beginning of sports and athletic competition‚ athletes have tried to find ways to achieve an advantage above their competitors. The use of performance-enhancing drugs‚ or PEDs‚ has continuously been a major issue in the sports world‚ with new drugs being created everyday along with headlines announcing yet another athlete has been caught using PEDs. These performance-enhancing substances can range on a wide scale‚ from stimulants‚ like cocaine‚ to countless steroids. With questions about
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people between ages 12 and 17 have taken performance-enhancing supplements or drugs. Drugs not being allowed in sports is very crucial because it shows who works for where they are and how well they’re doing it. But even sometimes the players you look up to know as an idol are probably using it. Performance enhancing drugs should not be allowed in sports. Performance enhancers (steroids) may give you amazing results but have horrible symptoms. However‚ many athletes say that this is the only way
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Steroids have acted as a highly controversial drug in the past‚ which have been used in many different competitive sports. Many people believe this drug is still in use in some professional sports. This being possible by athletes bypassing the drug tests in order to enhance their performance. What exactly are steroids? Well‚ according to Google definitions‚ they are “any of a large class of organic compounds with a characteristic molecular structure containing four rings of carbon atoms. They
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Essay Outline Steroids in Sports: Why steroids and other performance enhancing drugs should be banned from sports. I. Introduction A. Background:Over the past couple of decades steroids and other performance enhancing drugs have become more and more common in sports and have started to become more of a part of mainstream culture. Steroids have become a great problem very quickly and are just now being addressed among many major sports. Through looking at the effects of steroids‚ the way they
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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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abbreviated as PEDs‚ in professional sports has been around since the 1960s and since then‚ there has been numerous situations in which Olympic athletes have lost medals‚ or platers were given lifelong bans from professional sports because of testing positive for these illegal drugs (“Performance Enhancing…” 1). The several types of PEDs include anabolic steroids‚ stimulants‚ human growth hormone‚ abbreviated as HGH‚ and diuretics (“Performance Enhancing…” 1). Anabolic steroids help athletes train harder
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Spring Research Paper In sports‚ athletes will do whatever it takes to gain the slight improvement over the competition. Unfortunately‚ many athletes unfortunately turn to PEDs‚ or Performance Enhancing Drugs‚ such as anabolic steroids or tetrahydrogestrinone. These energy level boosters are banned by most sports organization. Over the past 48 years‚ 64 Olympic athletes have lost their medals due to the use of banned substances. Over time‚ certain countries have had more athletes banned than others
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