Performance-enhancing drug regulation and law, a crucial matter involving twenty-first-century sports analyzers and health experts, sparked a national dispute. Henceforward the Ancient Greeks held the first Olympic Games, performance-enhancing drugs destroyed the values of professional sports; ethics, respect, fair play, and honesty (Lavin 6). The legalization of performance-enhancing drugs will negatively influence an athlete's life. Performance-enhancing drugs jeopardize the health of users. Athletes who use enhancing drugs frequently suffer sicknesses varying from heart diseases to liver damage. According to Dr. William Mitchell, editor for "The Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine" and orthopedic surgeon, discusses the disadvantages of performance-enhancing
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Stephen Wang states in the article "Performance-Enhancing Drugs Should Be Legalized", "For instance, he insists that doping has become a necessity—and accepted—to win in numerous sports, with most of the top finishers in cycling found guilty of the practice. Additionally, testing for PEDs is exceedingly difficult for governing bodies, Wang states, as drug makers continue to develop undetectable substances and athletes engage in doping practices that allow them to avoid testing positive" (Performance-Enhancing Drugs Should Be para. 2). Dick Pound, World Anti-Doping Association chairman from 1999 to 2007, assures that the association is 'lagging behind' the fight against performance-enhancing drugs. Pound also questions the efficiency of the drug tests; only two percent of drug tests resulted positive despite the fact that numerous athletes use performance enhancers and test negative (Pound para. 6). It may be true that most drug tests are found negative; however, athletes are tested only a few times a year and have scheduled drug testings. John J. Ross, hospitalist, and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School examines studies that show how "athletes try to pass drug tests by maintaining their testosterone and epitestosterone levels using different methods. Ross also proved that drug testers are at an …show more content…
Since the origination of performance enhancers, athletes have used the unethical way of amplifying performance. Whilst enhancing drugs give athletes unimaginable abilities, performance enhancers are a primary cause of death in athletes. The illegalization of performance-enhancing drugs permits drug testers to recognize drug users in order to preclude permanent sickness from athletes. Legalizing performance-enhancing drugs is like fighting a dragon; the legalization argument cannot be
Stephen Wang states in the article "Performance-Enhancing Drugs Should Be Legalized", "For instance, he insists that doping has become a necessity—and accepted—to win in numerous sports, with most of the top finishers in cycling found guilty of the practice. Additionally, testing for PEDs is exceedingly difficult for governing bodies, Wang states, as drug makers continue to develop undetectable substances and athletes engage in doping practices that allow them to avoid testing positive" (Performance-Enhancing Drugs Should Be para. 2). Dick Pound, World Anti-Doping Association chairman from 1999 to 2007, assures that the association is 'lagging behind' the fight against performance-enhancing drugs. Pound also questions the efficiency of the drug tests; only two percent of drug tests resulted positive despite the fact that numerous athletes use performance enhancers and test negative (Pound para. 6). It may be true that most drug tests are found negative; however, athletes are tested only a few times a year and have scheduled drug testings. John J. Ross, hospitalist, and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School examines studies that show how "athletes try to pass drug tests by maintaining their testosterone and epitestosterone levels using different methods. Ross also proved that drug testers are at an …show more content…
Since the origination of performance enhancers, athletes have used the unethical way of amplifying performance. Whilst enhancing drugs give athletes unimaginable abilities, performance enhancers are a primary cause of death in athletes. The illegalization of performance-enhancing drugs permits drug testers to recognize drug users in order to preclude permanent sickness from athletes. Legalizing performance-enhancing drugs is like fighting a dragon; the legalization argument cannot be