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    Performing-Enhancing Drugs Performance-enhancing drugs are used in sports to give the player an advantage over the other players. There have been many professional athletes that have been caught using performance-enhancing drugs. Many players are caught when a drug test is administered. Professional sports leagues have introduced a random drug test so athletes that do drugs cannot prepare for the test. Performance-enhancing drugs are banned in sports and if a player is caught using these drugs…

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    looking to have an advantage on their opponents. You would think that the athletes would train harder to get an advantage, but ever since performance enhancing drugs have came out athletes began to take the drugs because how fast they work. Sports have banned performance enhancing drugs because of how big of an advantage it gives athletes. Performance enhancing drugs give athletes an unfair advantage as it makes them faster and stronger in a quicker amount of time. The first use of stimulants…

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    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…

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    In my mind, performance enhancing drugs must be attractive for athletes who want to perform better. Personally, I think that not only harm the aspect of sport and health, but, it also compromises fairness. As the use of performance enhancing drugs is becoming more common, whether the performance enhancing drugs is unavoidable in sports has sparked a heated debate. My point is that I do not agree with the performance enhancing drugs are unavoidable in sports, because of many athletes who do not…

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    Should performance enhancing drugs (such as steroids) be accepted in sports? James kirkup M.A. made a statement on Nov.10.2015 on the article titles “athletics doping crisis is just another reason to allow drugs in sports” he states that “ what should happen is this: doping should be allowed. In this article the argument for steroids and other performance enhancement drugs comes down to “why do we need to ban them?” James Kirkup is open minded to not only allow use in sports but in gene…

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    favorite athlete at every sports event, but there is a very dark side to their performance. Even though performance enhancing drugs allows our athletes to perform at their highest level, all kinds of performance-enhancing drugs should be banned in professional sports because it is giving our kids a reason to start using drugs. Plus performance enhancing drugs are harmful and potentially fatal. All kinds of performance-enhancing drugs should be banned. This is especially true in sports. It…

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    about performance-enhancing drugs being allowed in sports. I'd like to focus your attention on banding performance-enhancing drugs and brief reasoning on why change is critical. These drugs are in many ways very harmful. For one, avoid thousands of intoxications, protect all young athletes from misinterpreting the message professional athletes send, and continue honoring the significance of sports. It's true, there's been many studies where scientist have found that Performance-enhancing drugs…

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    violent aggressive behavior, mood swings. Do having these risks of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) sound like a fun life to have? People like Lance Armstrong and Jodie Meeks use PEDs even after knowing these health risks and get caught every day. Using Performance Enhancing Drugs is harmful to an athlete´s health and can threaten their future success. There are many health risks possible when taking Performance Enhancing Drugs. For example, it can cause enlargement of the heart muscles and…

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    should not be able to legally use performance enhancing drugs for.many reasons. Some of these reasons include an unlevel playing field, unfair to those athletes who worked hard for their accomplishments, threatening of athletes’ health, and it sets a bad example for aspiring athletes and for the community. The immediate effectivity of the drugs and the very low rate for testing allows for an easy way of bypassing hard work for the results. Performance enhancing drugs set an unfair advantage…

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    Committee tested all athletes in the olympics for performance enhancing drugs to help keep the it fair between the athletes. In the first olympics played, performance enhancing drugs were being used by the Greeks to help them win. Major league baseball, one of the major companies trying to change it, banned steroids (a PED) in 1991 as a way to keep the players equal. A multitude of people may think that it is okay for athletes to use performance enhancing drugs, it has been found out that it…

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