performance enhancing substances

performance enhancing substances

Cons of using

Using any kind of substance is bad for your health and causes some kind of effect , therefore we should not be legalized to use things that could harm us or even kill us.

Pros of using

"Performance enhancers, like steroids and other forms of doping, have a negative effect on long-term health. For then users of these enhancers are hurting themselves in the long run without on the average improving their short-term rewards from athletic competition, as long as competitors also use harmful enhancers. This is the main rationale for trying to ban steroids and other forms of doping from athletic competitions."

Gary Becker, PhD

"One athlete's decision to use performance enhancing drugs also exerts a powerful effect on the other athletes in the competition. As reported by Sports Illustrated, half of all recently surveyed Olympic athletes admitted that they would be willing to take a drug -- even if it would kill them eventually -- as long as it would let them win every event they entered five years in a row. This type of 'win at any cost' mentality is pervading sports at all levels of competition and results in athletes feeling coerced to use substances just to remain on par with other athletes."

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse

"There is no coherent argument to support the view that enhancing performance is unfair; if it were, we would ban coaching and training. Competition can be unfair if there is unequal access to particular enhancements, but equal access can be achieved more predictably by deregulation than by prohibition."

Norman Fost, MD, MPH

Professor and Director of the Medical Ethics Program at the University of Wisconsin

Performance enhancing substances are not all bad , we all have our own decisions on what we put in our body. in fact it would be about the same as a smoker smoking cigarettes, They know all the effects but still choose to do it because its a decision they make.

The effects of using these enhancements are very risky and dangerous, This is exactly why i do not believe in the use of these.

"Sport is for enjoyment and competition, and usually aims to improve; but what is the difference between increasing skill and performance by training, and taking drugs?"

Sam Shuster, PhD

Women may develop:

-A deeper voice

-Increased body hair

-Baldness

-Infrequent or absent periods

These are just the side effects and complications that come with steroids. There are other substances out there that cause different side effect and issues.

Both men and women might experience:

-Severe acne

-Increased risk of tendinitis and tendon rupture

-Liver abnormalities and tumors

-Increased low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (the "bad" cholesterol)

-Decreased high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (the "good" cholesterol)

-High blood pressure (hypertension)

-Heart and circulatory problems

-Prostate gland enlargement

-Aggressive behaviors, rage or violence

-Psychiatric disorders, such as depression

-Drug dependence

-Infections or diseases such as HIV or hepatitis if ----you're injecting the drugs

-Inhibited growth and development, and risk of ------future health problems in teenagers

Men may develop:

-Prominent breasts

-Baldness

-Shrunken testicles

-Infertility

-Impotence

: "Why should we think that those who take drugs to remain competitive with the drug users are coerced into doing so? No one is forced to become a competitive athlete. The pressures that the non-drug users may well feel are no different than any other pressures that come with committing oneself to playing the game at a relatively high level of competition. If some athletes spend much more time in the weight room than others and thereby build their muscular strength to levels significantly higher than their opponents, those opponents who want to remain competitive may feel compelled to also put in more time with weights. But there is nothing unethical or immoral about the situation that should lead those interested in maintaining sportsmanship to forbid or severely regulate weight training..."

Peter A. French, PhD