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Drugs in Sports are Bad
“I don't recommend steroids for everyone, and I don't recommend growth hormones for everyone. But for certain individuals, I truly believe, because I've experimented with it for so many years, that it can make an average athlete a super athlete. It can make a super athlete incredible. Just legendary”-Jose Canseco. For athletes, this is a real problem. They have to stay on the lookout for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). Since 100 A.D. ancient greek and roman cultures tried to find ways to play better. It never stopped, and today they're used around the world. Over time PEDs changed from herbal to liquid to synthetic. In my opinion …show more content…
Violation of that policy is punishable by exclusion from ESL One. Friesen’s teammates and owner of Cloud9 publically denied and denounced the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs, but the damage was done."Similar naivety hit eSports last year when Kory Friesen, a professional Counter-Strike player better known by his handle “Semphis,” talked about the rampant use of a stimulant that is commonly used to treat Attention Deficit Disorder. In an interview with Mohan “Launders” Govindasamy last July, Friesen offhandedly mentioned that every member of his Counter-Strike team used performance-enhancing drugs during a match in Poland. He wasn’t asked directly or even prompted; Friesen brought it up of his own …show more content…
But the lack of responsibility around, taking, and getting the drugs are bad and possible overdose. Like this example “Samman spent six days in a coma before he was declared dead. UFC middleweight Josh Samman dead at 28 after lapsing into coma.He died of a probable drug overdose, according to Broward County medical examiner Craig Mallak, who told USA TODAY Sports that he suspects Samman used heroin. A drug screen performed by the hospital where Samman was taken showed cocaine, marijuana and Xanax in Samman, but the hospital disposed of the blood sample before the medical examiner could perform the more sophisticated toxicology report, Mallak said. A toxicology report for Samman’s roommate, MMA ring announcer Troy Kirkingburg, showed heroin, cocaine and alcohol, according to Mallak, who said it’s reasonable to assume the two men were using the same drugs. Daniel Valverde, one of Samman’s trainers, said he was stunned in part because Samman was prepping for a bout Friday night on the UFC Fight Night 102 card in Albany, N.Y. It was an opportunity for Samman to get back on track after having lost his last two fights.“ I think it's too dangerous for people