Performance-enhancing drugs

Performance Enhancing Drugs: Healthy or Hazardous? Performance-enhancing drugs are defined as any substance ingested to improve performance. The use of this term is often associated with steroids used in sports by professional athletes, although the use of these drugs for personal benefits is on the rise. Many athletes are using performance-enhancing drugs to improve athletic performance, improve endurance and bodybuilding, and increase muscle and overall body mass. While taking these…

Performance Enhancing Drugs in Cycling Introduction From the very beginning when humans have engaged in competitive sports, they have tried to gain every possible edge against their opponents. An advantage that can be achieved through honest means such as hard work, determination and perseverance towards the sport. Contrarily, it could also be achieved through dishonest means such as through the use of illegal chemical agents known as Performance Enhancing Drugs or PEDs. The use of Performance…

athletes have succumbed to the pressure of using external drugs in order to assist their performance. For years athletes have used PED’s, the most controversial and monumental case being that of the forcefully implemented doping regime of the East Germans around the time of the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Because of the rising use and improvements in science, performance enhancing…

Performance Enhancing Drugs: Immorality and Imperilment of Steroids The animal within human nature drives people to great lengths for success and survival. People are often willing to do whatever it takes to reach the top and individuals competing in athletics are no exception. In fact, some athletes use drugs, such as steroids, to give them the extra edge, regardless of the consequences. Steroid has multiple meanings and several different functions. There are three main types of steroids:…

Illegal Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs In Professional Sports and Competitions Even though some people believe that Performance Enhancing Drugs are beneficial to the users, PED 's have extremely bad consequences and should not be allowed in professional sports. Athletes use Performance Enhancing Drugs for short-term use whenever they compete in professional competitions. Competitors use these drugs in times of their athletic career to get an edge over other competitors. But these people…

Legalizing Performance Enhancing Drugs: The Benefits Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, and Arnold Schwarzenegger are all names that we associate with the use of performance enhancing drugs today. Uses of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) have become a popular issue in sports within the last 10 years and it is well known to be used throughout a variety of activities. If the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports needed to be settled, these drugs should be legalized for the athletes, with a…

Ethical Dilemmas The use of performance enhancing drugs has been an issue for our society as early as the 1960’s. Performance enhancing drugs are used to gain an advantage over one’s competitors. The National Football League and National League Baseball were some of the first major organization to start testing their players for steroids (Performance Enhancing Drugs, 2016). These drugs are so widely banned and morally frowned upon; the athletes who still chose to use them do so in secret.…

Performance Enhancing Drugs in Baseball People enter competitions with a clear goal, to win. Every game involves different teams or members that seek only one purpose, to find the way to defeat their opponent, while doing the best he, she, or they can to score the most. Unfortunately, this drive to win sometimes comes at any cost. Starting with our Ancient Greek ancestors, people tried to cheat in competitions, performing better than others, and paying a particular cost for the enhancement of…

use of performance enhancing drugs is the solution. Many athletes also get involved in the use of illegal drugs like marijuana and cocaine which can ruin their professional career and even ruin their lives. There has been many cases in which many athletes have died because of the overdose of drugs. Athletes want to get an advantage over their opponents so they the use drugs to enhance their performance, but what ends up happening is that their career ends up going down hill. The use of drugs by…

on the issue of performance enhancing drugs. When I was a high school athlete, I notice student athletes taking performance enhancers during season, and thought to myself writing an issue that I have a personal background with can provide benefits, but soon realize that it was much harder than I thought. The greatest struggle was not writing about the topic, but was finding scholarly journals. I found too many journals explaining how bad it would be for an athlete to use such drugs, and too…