This research studies the pros and cons of using steroids. Then, it weighs out the pros and cons and talks about which outweighs the other and why. Finally, this leads to the decision that steroids are way too dangerous and risky for any athlete to even consider about taking them. Money, fame, success, pressure, or just plain stupid: why do athletes take steroids? We have all heard of famous athletes having their career and life jeopardized because of taking steroids.
However, drug abuse in professional sports can be anything. Things such as marijuana, alcohol, Human growth hormones, amphetamines, prescription drugs and other performance enhancers are just some of the drugs that are found in a drug test. "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."
Steroids are abused, often by athletes, to enhance athletic performance and to improve physical appearance” (“Steroids fast facts” 1). In sports, using any type of strength enhancer is illegal. But the controversy mainly encircles the steroid using athlete’s, and where they might stand in the Hall of Fame. If it is stated that using steroids in sports is unfair, then the reality of sports has not been seen. Generally stating, sports is unfair and it always has been.
Research has shown that these steroids can harm kids who are developing. Some of the negative side effects begin to show up in later years. One of the main reasons they are so controversial is because steroids are also illegal. Therefore the question that arises as steroid use increases is “Should anabolic steroids be legalized?” Discussion In this whole anabolic steroids issue, lots of people are involved. There are a number of parties that are all affected by this issue.
Now performance-enhancing drugs are being used more then ever by athletes to improve their athletic abilities. Athletes also use steroids because they want to be the best in the sport that they participate in. Even non-athletes are using steroids because they want to gain more muscle without doing all the work. The use of steroids is cheating. Through looking at the effects of performance-enhancing drugs, the unfair advantage they give a player, and the affects they cause others and sports they should be banned completely from the world of athletics.
With athletes in the public eye, their actions can affect children and adults for whom they serve as role models. Therefore, athletes who use performance enhancing drugs should face consequences for abusing these substances. What is doping? A source defines doping as “the use of a drug or blood product to improve athletic performance” (Dictionary.com, n.d.). Yet, this seems to be such a broad definition, it is close to impossible to draw a line between doping and what could be called therapeutic medication.
Steroids should be banned in sports Would you agree that having natural talents is a virtue? In my opinion steroids abuse people’s natural talents. This is one of the many reasons why steroids should be banned from sports. Steroids are used everywhere, from high school to professional sports; they not only ruin your image, they also have negative side effects, and can lead to serious medical problems or even death if you abuse them. One good reason why steroids should not be allowed in sports is that they ruin a players image.
But it also has many dangerous side effects. Anabolic steroids are made in many shapes, which can be consumed orally, injected or rubbed into the skin. Another article which involves “A Statement on steroids, but what does it say?” with the New York Times talks about how steroids mess up an athletes chance of being inducted into the hall of fame. Roger Clemens and Barry bonds were blocked at least for now in the hall of fame because of the steroids era. The public is so concerned with athletes because they have kids looking up to these guys.
Depporah Joseph M B English 042 10 May 2012 Anabolic steroids Should athletes be allowed to use performance-enhancing drugs in order to improve their performance? Steroid usage in sports has long been a big issue for many athletes both professional and amateur. Steroids are not condoned in any sport however; some athletes do take the chance by using performance-enhancing drugs in order to increase the chances of a successful outcome in a competition. Many athletes have been barred from participating in certain sports because they were convicted of taking steroids. In light of this, one can only wonder how many top athletes have won events due to the use of steroids.
Why We Should Drug Test in Sports Many professional athletes of this day in age are accused of “doping,” which is the illegal use of steroids. Steroids are illegal substances that increase the effect that working out has on a person’s body, and they also have mental effects to the user. Theses substances are banned from all professional sports, but the leagues don’t always have mandatory drug tests, which allow athletes to get away with using drugs. All athletes should be drug tested at all levels of sports to prove they are obeying the laws, playing fair, and are not using banned performance-enhancing substances, without any exceptions to this rule. San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds finished the 2001 MLB season with 73 home runs, shattering Mark McGuire’s record (Porterfield, 6).