Using performance enhancing drugs to help become more successful at a sport unfair to others who participate and don’t use this harmful drug. Playing sports is about using your natural ability and gift but by using this drug it defeats the purpose of being naturally good at something. Steroids and other similar drugs are very harmful and can negatively affect you in the long run. Many people look up to these amazing players but kids and fans should not be influenced by the poor choices they have
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Steroids Steroids became an option to athletes in the Olympics and other major sporting events during the 1950’s. But this use of steroids among athletes only became widely apparent when Canadian sprint runner Ben Johnson tested positive for steroid use after winning the gold medal for the one hundred-meter dash during the 1988 Olympics . Now a skinny fifteen-year-old can just walk down to the local gym and find people who either sell or know how to get in contact with those who sell the drug
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Obenauer 2 Records have been broken constantly and athletes get better as the years go on. But the main question is‚ what is it that is giving these athletes of today such a big competitive edge on the ones in the past. The athletes may have gotten more talented‚ but the doctors and performance enhancing drugs have also become more advanced as the years passed as well. Performance enhancing drugs have impacted sports in a way that nobody seems to realize‚ and they will continue to do that for the
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Is mental strength as important as physical strength? Some people asked this may say no‚ and some may say yes. I think mental and physical strength are equal in many ways. I think the articles Why We Run by Bernd Heinrich‚ ¨Confessions of a Doper¨ by Jonathan Vaughters‚ and other quotes by famous athletes can back me up a little. If anything‚ maybe they help me go through my own struggles as an athlete. First‚ Bernd Heinrich‚ professor of biology at the University of Vermont‚ writer of Why We Run
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Drug testing for professional athletes has been a debate for a long time. Drug tests are tests that are used to find out if someone has used drugs or not. “Urine is the most common type of drug test. Others are hair samples‚ sweat patches‚ oral fluid‚ and alcohol breath” (Drug Testing). Athletes get tested for drugs because they can have an unfair advantage over other athletes. “PEDs or Performance Enhancing Drugs are drugs that give athletes unfair advantages if they use them. PEDs have the ability
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Thank you for taking time out of your day to read my letter that I wrote about Peds. I think the use of Peds (Performance-Enhancing Drugs) should be illegal. They are also referred as ergogenic aids.There are many problems with using peds. Sports are to be played between the best team and not between peds. 11% of High School boys say that they have tried steroids at least once to get that edge for a game. All the forms of performance enhancing drugs are Anabolic drugs‚ Stimulants‚ Ergogenic aids
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There should be zero tolerance for the use of PEDs in major sporting leagues. Athletes taking performance enhancing drugs is cheating. Athletes taking PEDs is like using your phone on a test to look up the answers. Sports enhancing drugs not only cause an unbalanced field of play‚ but also has caused health issues for many athletics in a variety of sports. Just the thought of enhancing drugs helping athletes gain an edge on others sounds like a requirement. Most athletes go to the gym and work hard
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Although the use of performance enhancing drugs is prohibited‚ a lifetime ban is unreasonable when one considers the pressures and demands facing professional athletes today. Recent incidents in the news such as the National Rugby League and Lance Armstrong doping scandals have made this a hot topic and increased public awareness. Performance enhancement in sport has been around for a very long time‚ as far back as ancient Greek Olympians and Roman Gladiators. This essay will explore the following
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EXPOSTION As the years go on since the AFL’s inaugural season started‚ technology‚ production of drugs and consumption of alcohol have become widely used in the sporting industry. This does not bode well for young sports players who look up to the professional sportsmen and sportswomen. Most people look towards the AFL when they hear about a player consuming performance enhancing drugs before a game. On the other hand‚ AFL players are a good influence on young sports players as they care about
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Have you ever thought of using PEDs in sports?Hi have you ever felt guilty for using a drug?People think PEDs should not be allowed in sports.They should take PEDs seriously because of the risks.Would you take risk to win 1 game or a couple?More kids have started taking PEDs and some have committed suicide.It also can cost people a lot of money for PEDs and they may go poor if they are playing a sport without a contract because the cost of the PEDs.They cost that much because the supply and demand
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