You could become a countries hero one day to a countries zero the next. Performing enhancing drugs have been a large talking point in sport ever since Lance Armstrong the famous cyclist was found out to be doping during the Tour de France in 2002. You can take the performing enhancing drugs in many ways such as taking a pill or injecting yourself with a syringe. Many people see it as a new beginning in sport while others see it as unnatural and unfair. There are many strong arguments to legalise performance enhancing drugs and many to keep them illegal.
To begin my arguments against the legalisation of performing enhancing drugs is the possibility, and maybe the most obvious argument of harm. Harm based arguments come from the idea that doping is harmful to the athletes who take part in it. Even though when an athlete takes part in doping it is under medical supervision, it is still possible that the drug could have side effects or long lasting consequences for the athlete. One consequence that taking drugs in sport can have is that the athlete could possibly have his previous achievements taken away from him. For example, in the 2012 London Olympic Games the …show more content…
Forcing athletes into something that they do not want to take part in makes doping a bad practice. When forced into doping this can cause the athlete to lose his or her love for their sport which means if doping continues or becomes legal it will inevitably make all athletes lose their love for sport. Doping provides an unfair advantage to those involved, it is the equivalent of cheating. Richard Pound, former President of the World Anti-Doping Agency stated, “The use of performance-enhancing drugs is not accidental; it is planned and deliberate with the sole objective of getting an unfair
To begin my arguments against the legalisation of performing enhancing drugs is the possibility, and maybe the most obvious argument of harm. Harm based arguments come from the idea that doping is harmful to the athletes who take part in it. Even though when an athlete takes part in doping it is under medical supervision, it is still possible that the drug could have side effects or long lasting consequences for the athlete. One consequence that taking drugs in sport can have is that the athlete could possibly have his previous achievements taken away from him. For example, in the 2012 London Olympic Games the …show more content…
Forcing athletes into something that they do not want to take part in makes doping a bad practice. When forced into doping this can cause the athlete to lose his or her love for their sport which means if doping continues or becomes legal it will inevitably make all athletes lose their love for sport. Doping provides an unfair advantage to those involved, it is the equivalent of cheating. Richard Pound, former President of the World Anti-Doping Agency stated, “The use of performance-enhancing drugs is not accidental; it is planned and deliberate with the sole objective of getting an unfair