The Truth Behind Performance Enhancing Drugs Many athletes go through a life changing decision when it comes to them being famous or great players in any kind of sport. Performance Enhancing drugs have been a major issue in all kinds of sports with players taking substances to increase performance and to have an upper advantage against opponents. What the players do not know is the long term effects it has on their life and on their body. Some people will go to certain extents just to be able to succeed in a professional level. Sometimes that means serious illnesses or even death just for the short fame that does not last long.
Anabolic Steroids is the most commonly prescribed perfor-mance drug out on the market and is used mostly by all …show more content…
Men, women and even young teenagers take steroids to help enhance their skills. Depending on the type of sport the user takes part in, determines the amount of dosage the athletes will take. Wrestlers and swimmers for example may take fewer amounts of doses because it requires less physical punishment to the body, which is why people hear less about athletes taking steroids. Football on the other hand has more steroid users because of the physical beating they take from hard hits and contact on every play. That is why the National Football League has many bans on performance drugs and has daily testing to make sure none of the players are taking steroids (Johnson 2). The first known of anabolic steroids in sports was not in a human, but in a horse. “In 1941, at age eighteen, the trotter Holloway had lost much of his speed and stamina. At age nineteen, after a training program that included implementation of testosterone pellets, he set a new trotting record.” (Adams 16). Humans began taking steroids in the early 1950’s when the Russian weightlifting team won 7 medals in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki. The U.S. accused the Russians of using performance enhancing drugs and in 1945 U.S. team physician, John Zieglar, confirmed the Russians had cheated (Adams …show more content…
Users who take steroids by injection have a higher risk of HIV or AIDS, hepatitis and other life threatening diseases. Taking steroids can cause mood swings and severe errors of judgment which means they can commit crimes and be a criminal due the aggressiveness from the steroids. Users can suffer withdrawal depression which in many cases has caused the users to go back on steroids or suicide (Kowalski 2). Other common performance enhancing drugs are painkillers and stimulants. Painkillers help with taking the pain away and being able to play with an injury, but risk causing more damage to the injury and permanent damage. Painkillers are an addictive drug that if taken too much would lead to coma or death. Stimulants help by speeding up the heart and making the body fully awake and on alert. Many stimulants are illegal and addictive which is why there is a very low percentage of anyone taking them (Kowalski
Anabolic Steroids is the most commonly prescribed perfor-mance drug out on the market and is used mostly by all …show more content…
Men, women and even young teenagers take steroids to help enhance their skills. Depending on the type of sport the user takes part in, determines the amount of dosage the athletes will take. Wrestlers and swimmers for example may take fewer amounts of doses because it requires less physical punishment to the body, which is why people hear less about athletes taking steroids. Football on the other hand has more steroid users because of the physical beating they take from hard hits and contact on every play. That is why the National Football League has many bans on performance drugs and has daily testing to make sure none of the players are taking steroids (Johnson 2). The first known of anabolic steroids in sports was not in a human, but in a horse. “In 1941, at age eighteen, the trotter Holloway had lost much of his speed and stamina. At age nineteen, after a training program that included implementation of testosterone pellets, he set a new trotting record.” (Adams 16). Humans began taking steroids in the early 1950’s when the Russian weightlifting team won 7 medals in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki. The U.S. accused the Russians of using performance enhancing drugs and in 1945 U.S. team physician, John Zieglar, confirmed the Russians had cheated (Adams …show more content…
Users who take steroids by injection have a higher risk of HIV or AIDS, hepatitis and other life threatening diseases. Taking steroids can cause mood swings and severe errors of judgment which means they can commit crimes and be a criminal due the aggressiveness from the steroids. Users can suffer withdrawal depression which in many cases has caused the users to go back on steroids or suicide (Kowalski 2). Other common performance enhancing drugs are painkillers and stimulants. Painkillers help with taking the pain away and being able to play with an injury, but risk causing more damage to the injury and permanent damage. Painkillers are an addictive drug that if taken too much would lead to coma or death. Stimulants help by speeding up the heart and making the body fully awake and on alert. Many stimulants are illegal and addictive which is why there is a very low percentage of anyone taking them (Kowalski