At the time, many people saw this as a new innovation to help make themselves fit and put them in the best possible shape. The problems eventually became known when many people started to complain about performance enhancing drugs. In, 1968 there was an official complaint about steroids made by the World Health Organization (Roberts 1). Shortly after this complaint many professional sporting leagues made their bans on performance enhancing drugs. The original ban on anabolic steroids was enacted due to moral and ethical concerns, not the player’s health or safety.
This once again proved that steroids have a negative effect on the athlete's although they do improve the athlete's performance. Would you take something that was hurting and possibly killing your body just so that you could be the best in a specific sport? Some of the men that were involved in the study had to quit it because they were worried that the steroids were going to potentially ruin their bodies for the rest of their lives. That is evidence that anabolic steroids should remain illegal and can be used effectively in my argumentative
Ethically, what are the consequences for using these form of performance- enhancement? Your integrity is always important when it come to life. If you can use a performance-enhancing drug to cheat your way through sports who to say you want cheat at anything you in life. Yes, you may win the competition but I must say in the long run you have lost much
Although steroids may improve performance, they will continue to harm athletes and ruin sports as we know it if restrictions are not more strictly enforced. Anabolic steroids are being abused in many different ways such as orally, injection, or by a gel or cream in order to improve athletes’ performances. In today’s society, professional athletes are using anabolic steroids to gain an advantage against their opponents, and the young children that idolize them are in turn also abusing steroids. What all these athletes do not understand is the harm that abusing steroids are doing to them. I feel that people need to stop abusing steroids because it not only hurts you hormonally, but it will also hurt their musculoskeletal and cardiovascular system,
Whether athletes, especially those at the professional level, know it or not they are role models to numerous young adults. The use of these drugs in professional sports has led young athletes in high school and college to look for such an edge. The danger of using such drugs is far greater for younger athletes, because their bodies are not fully developed yet. A zero tolerance policy at all levels of athletics would also make student athletes much more wary of taking performance enhancing drugs, resulting in more healthy young adults. It would also make professional athletes more cautious in taking such drugs setting a good example for the athletes that look up to
Effects of Steroids on the BodyBy: Carlton Stewart Steroids are defined by The Partnership for a Drug Free America as a "group of compounds that are closely related to testosterone." Steroids are used both legally and illegally. Medical use of anabolic steroids to treat conditions such as anemia is considered legal and is controlled by a medical professional. Many athletes and bodybuilders use anabolic steroids illegally to gain a "competitive edge." Steroids are available in tablet form that can be taken orally and in a liquid form that is commonly injected.
Daniel D ENGL 1301 Athletes On Anabolic Steroids Athletes on anabolic steroids is a controversial topic. On one hand athletes believe that steroids only enhance and improve athletic performance. On the other hand, scientists believe it can enhance athletic performance but can also be damaging and have negative effects on the body. Females who abuse steroids are just as common as men, but have different effects.The negative side effects of using anabolic steroids outweigh the desired results. Anabolic steroids are synthetic drugs that expose the same hormone of testosterone.
(About.com 1)The primary types of athletes who use steroids include weightlifters, football players, sprinters, cyclists, and baseball players. This is because these sports require a decent amount of strength to be competitive. Steroids do not improve agility, skill, or cardiovascular capacity, so it is uncommon to see marathon runners, golfers, billiard players, or croquet players use steroids. A lot people believe it is morally wrong to use these performance enhancing drugs for many
The Problem comes not from people using them but from people overdoing them. When one starts to see how beneficial they can truly be, it becomes very hard to stop. And it’s only when people see the progress they make they ignore the side effects one can have on steroids. With time, these types of steroids start taking effects in the body. For example if you jack your body up with testosterone to crazy amounts it can lower your natural amounts.
Also, applied ethics is the in-between of meta-ethics and normative ethics. Performance enhancing drugs are permissible to athletes that are medically prescribed and need the substance. These drugs are not permitted when they are used to gain strength in competition or to have an advantage over a competitor. Athletes are obligated by fans with pressure and feel the need to get better at their sport and will do what ever it takes to make the fans happy. Athletes that have taken steroids have been suspended or kicked out of the league.