Performance enhancing drugs in sport has always been a very controversial topic. Some believe that athletes should use drugs to be the best they can be, while others believe that athletes should be fair and have good spirit. Although both are good arguments, it is obvious that it is not okay to use drugs in sport. So many people would cheat and use performance enhancing drugs to be the best, endangering both themselves and others. More drugs would be created and sold, ones that could have drastic consequences to the bodies and the mindset of the athletes. These drugs would not be used in the right way, and would produce a world full of cheating. Besides, the best part of watching and playing sport is the spirt of the players. They do the sport because they love it and want to have fun, and adding cheating to the mix would completely destroy the spirit of sport. Because of this, drugs should definitely not be legalised in sports.
Firstly, drugs have drastic consequences for those who take them. Performance enhancing drugs cause impotence, worsening acne, balding and steroid rage, as well as long-term effects such as heart and liver damage, and blood clots. However, not only do drugs have an effect on the athletes that use them, they also have an effect on young people. If athletes start to use drugs, many people would start to …show more content…
However, half of a number to elite athletes said the would take drugs to win an Olympic medal, even if it meant they would die five years later. (A Lust for Life, 2015). What does this show us about today’s influential people? Those who take drugs destroy the very spirit of sport. UK sport wrote the following on April 28, 2005: "Doping in sport is cheating. It is fundamentally contrary to the spirit of sport and is detrimental to the positive impact of sport in society.” (ProCon.org,
Firstly, drugs have drastic consequences for those who take them. Performance enhancing drugs cause impotence, worsening acne, balding and steroid rage, as well as long-term effects such as heart and liver damage, and blood clots. However, not only do drugs have an effect on the athletes that use them, they also have an effect on young people. If athletes start to use drugs, many people would start to …show more content…
However, half of a number to elite athletes said the would take drugs to win an Olympic medal, even if it meant they would die five years later. (A Lust for Life, 2015). What does this show us about today’s influential people? Those who take drugs destroy the very spirit of sport. UK sport wrote the following on April 28, 2005: "Doping in sport is cheating. It is fundamentally contrary to the spirit of sport and is detrimental to the positive impact of sport in society.” (ProCon.org,