Doping

boost performance since the 1968 Olympic Games at Mexico, and since then doping is gaining popularity in professional sports. Using drugs to excel in sports has existed for many years in both Olympic and professional athletics and it has become increasingly tough to regulate due to the sophistication of drugs that go undetected and the number of athletes that are involved. More needs to be done to consequence violators or doping should be allowed to some degree. Most of today's modern athletes…

Sports: Cyborg Athletes versus Able-bodied athletes In sports there are always rules and regulations to what an athlete can ingest or use. They create these rules and regulations so competitors don 't have a physical or psychological advantage over their competition. These restrictions usually pertain to illegal drugs and substances that would give that athlete a boost in their performance. Prosthetics and technological enhancements should be considered as a restriction, considering it is an…

(2008) indicated that the “costs of anti-doping programs are increasingly complex and difficult to manage” (p.2). Because of these challenges sport organizations as institutions have dedicated resources towards developing policies and implementing preventative and controlling measures to ensure that the “purity of the sport” remains an important facet of the institution. Prohibited or banned substances refer to any substances indicated on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) prohibited list as…

the use of doping in sports, the health issues, burden to the society and leading to a hopeless Era, it is a pity that we are all living in a world of ignorance and the government are not…

self-treat otherwise untreated mental illness, and to deal with stressors, such as pressure to perform, injuries, physical pain, and retirement from sport. This review examines the history of doping in athletes, the effects of different classes of substances used for doping, side effects of doping, the role of anti-doping organizations,…

The amount of cases regarding steroid use and abuse has skyrocketed in the past ten or so years, most prevalent in athletes! Steroid use is illegal but those athletes who do decide to abuse them receive an unfair advantage over those who have made their progress legally and without the use of performance enhancing drugs. Very few efforts have been made to change this or decrease that number in the least way. Future laws and actions regarding steroid abuse should be strengthened and more enforced…

Barry Bonds is just one of many athletes who have had a bad reputation for using PEDs during their career. Performance enhancing drugs can help an athlete’s performance, but there is long term effect on the athlete’s body. Therefore, World Anti-Doping Agency and other organizations must do a better job to help athletes understand the risk of using PED. Background The Olympics began testing athletes for the use of performance enhancing drugs around 1968, the National Football League began in…

athletes really did work their hardest to achieve where they are on that day. Although Lance Armstrong and Ben Johnson may have good reason, all team members should be drug tested in order to compete in the Olympic games because new rules for anti-doping have been made, and once local athletes test positive for performance enhancing drugs, they should start thinking of new lives as codes seem to have nothing in place for them. Lance Armstrong a pro-cyclist for over 13 years, made many decisions…

The desire for first place and all that comes with it leaves many athletes quick to choose doping as their way to victory, however it may not always be worth it. The health related risks concerned with usage of performance enhancing drugs vary between the different types of drugs. The most common of health risks from steroids, growth hormones…

1. That’s not professional sport. If an athlete can’t win a race without doping or using some sort of enhancing drug they aren’t worthy athletes. They are where they are because of their talent, they shouldn’t be placed on the pedestal because of a drug that allowed them to become so talented, they should be there because of hard work dedication and talent. There are no stepping stones in sport you have to work for every achievement. 2. I believe the world of sport should stay totally free of…