For hundreds of years in the history of sports, athletes have become stronger, faster, and more skilled in their specific sport. They have done this by pushing themselves to their limits each day to be the greatest of all time. Then came performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), the killer of sports. PEDs created an unfair playing field and caused many users to receive negative effects not only in the short-term but also in the long-term. Not to mention these drugs can be lethal. Although there are lists of negatives that can come from using PEDs in sports, many still think that PEDs should be allowed. But, the negative consequences of PEDs fully outnumber any potential positive attributes. The underlying question is does society want sports filled
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You’ll be seeing more and more serious heart problems, and worse, once these guys hit 40’ . . . he died in 2014 of complication related to steroid use (qtd. in Allen). It seems as if by taking PEDs, the cardiovascular problems will significantly decrease a person’s chances to live till an old age. Leal Herlitz, MD, studied the long-term ramifications of steroid abuse on the kidneys through ten bodybuilders, and he as well as other researchers concluded that the extra mass of the muscles causes stress on the kidneys due to the increase in their filtration rates (qtd. in “Dangers”). There are severe physical risks, such as liver failure, that can come about from using PEDs (Barnard 22). This statement illustrates that even though a PED user may not see any harmful consequences immediately, but there are other negative effects that could occur in the future which are damaging to the body. A person may see different changes based on their gender, for instance boys may notice changes to their body through physical effects such as, growing breasts, prostate enlargement, and a decreased sperm count (“Dangers”). On the contrary, girls may also notice changes to their body through physical effects such as, growing male-type body hair, or experiencing balding, plus a lower voice, a reduction in breast size, and an atypical menstrual cycle (“Dangers”). This occurs …show more content…
An athlete may experience something called roid rage, which increases the user’s aggressiveness and anger and they may become violent (Murphy). This roid rage is very evident in the story of Chris Benoit, a long time steroid user and pro wrestler, he murdered his wife and son and then hung himself; many thought that the drugs he took may have contributed to his very violent actions (Allen). The reader can conclude from this that the possible roid rage is very serious and it is serious enough to make a person kill their family. In addition, anabolic steroids may lead to a disorder called psychosis, which is where the athlete may feel disconnected from reality (“Dangers”). Moreover, a PED user may feel indestructible and they will feel like they need to prove themselves (Allen). This statement illustrates a central idea of PEDs, they alter with the user’s head in dangerous ways that make them think they are something when they are not. When athletes combine different drugs, they have no idea of how the amalgamation will affect their body because no one tests them on healthy people (Thompson 288). The laws that have been created have pushed the drugs to the black market which causes the athletes to not truly be able to know what they are taking (Mayo). The reader can conclude from this that there can be many more side effects that will change a user mentally that the world does not
You’ll be seeing more and more serious heart problems, and worse, once these guys hit 40’ . . . he died in 2014 of complication related to steroid use (qtd. in Allen). It seems as if by taking PEDs, the cardiovascular problems will significantly decrease a person’s chances to live till an old age. Leal Herlitz, MD, studied the long-term ramifications of steroid abuse on the kidneys through ten bodybuilders, and he as well as other researchers concluded that the extra mass of the muscles causes stress on the kidneys due to the increase in their filtration rates (qtd. in “Dangers”). There are severe physical risks, such as liver failure, that can come about from using PEDs (Barnard 22). This statement illustrates that even though a PED user may not see any harmful consequences immediately, but there are other negative effects that could occur in the future which are damaging to the body. A person may see different changes based on their gender, for instance boys may notice changes to their body through physical effects such as, growing breasts, prostate enlargement, and a decreased sperm count (“Dangers”). On the contrary, girls may also notice changes to their body through physical effects such as, growing male-type body hair, or experiencing balding, plus a lower voice, a reduction in breast size, and an atypical menstrual cycle (“Dangers”). This occurs …show more content…
An athlete may experience something called roid rage, which increases the user’s aggressiveness and anger and they may become violent (Murphy). This roid rage is very evident in the story of Chris Benoit, a long time steroid user and pro wrestler, he murdered his wife and son and then hung himself; many thought that the drugs he took may have contributed to his very violent actions (Allen). The reader can conclude from this that the possible roid rage is very serious and it is serious enough to make a person kill their family. In addition, anabolic steroids may lead to a disorder called psychosis, which is where the athlete may feel disconnected from reality (“Dangers”). Moreover, a PED user may feel indestructible and they will feel like they need to prove themselves (Allen). This statement illustrates a central idea of PEDs, they alter with the user’s head in dangerous ways that make them think they are something when they are not. When athletes combine different drugs, they have no idea of how the amalgamation will affect their body because no one tests them on healthy people (Thompson 288). The laws that have been created have pushed the drugs to the black market which causes the athletes to not truly be able to know what they are taking (Mayo). The reader can conclude from this that there can be many more side effects that will change a user mentally that the world does not