Drugs in sport

Sociology in sport is the study of the relationship between society and sport. The use of drugs in sport is not only bad for the athletes but has a negative influence on society. Performance enhancing drugs should be banned in sport. Performance enhancing drugs, as the name suggests, are drugs that enhance the performance of the athlete. These drugs have become a widespread issue not confined to the sporting industry. Many of these issues have stemmed from athletes who believe it is okay to use…

Should you be tested before plying a sports? Many schools feels that students that play a sport should be drug tested before doing a sport schools feels that students that play sports should be drug tested before playing any sports. I agree all athletes should be require to take a drug test before doing a sport. I believe that drugs are unhealthy .Drug use by students have very serious health consequences on and off the court. Some way it affect your body is Cigarettes leave smokers with a…

Presentation). With respect to sporting activities, athletes are routinely checked to make certain that they are not taking any form of drugs that could enhance their performance and create an unfair advantage (Student Presentation). This is problematic as all athletes have to endure testing, which inevitably assumes everyone is guilty of taking performance-enhancing drugs until proven innocent from systems like the Athlete Biological Passport (Lippert Lecture; Student Presentation). This…

enhancing drugs (PED’s) really worth the risk? This is a question many of athletes have to seriously ask themselves and weigh the consequences. Many athletes don’t ask actually themselves this question and just go and take these drugs. Some athletes don’t even get told that they are taking PED’s. Other cases involve team doctors recommending players to take these drugs, having no regard for the player's health. So the big question is should performance enhancing drugs be allowed in sports? Some…

Athletes shouldn’t do drugs in sports because it is bad for your health and bad for the team. Doing drugs in sports can affect the athlete’s social life and affect the athlete’s talents. It can also affect the athlete’s relationship with the team. Drug abuse occurs in all sports and at most levels of competition. Athletic life may lead to drug abuse for a number of reasons, including for performance enhancement, to self-treat otherwise untreated mental illness, and to deal with stressors, such…

Drug abuse occurs in all sports and at most levels of competition. Many athletes take drugs for different reasons, some or prescribe by a doctor, or drugs you can by over the counter. Athletic life may lead to drug abuse for a number of reasons, physical pain due to injuries, stress, and the biggest factor to help performance enhancement. Most Organizations that oversee professional sports test future athletes that are going to play for their teams for drug abuse, before they can even play the…

History of Drugs in the Olympics Drug use in sports has been suspected to have existed since the Roman times in which Gladiators would be given stimulants to stop fatigue and even their horses would be given hydromel, a substance which would enable them to run faster (Ramlan Abdul Aziz,2006). However the first documented case of drugs and stimulants being used in sports wasn’t until 1904 when marathon runner, Thomas Hicks, was injected twice with a substance called Strychnine, which is more…

performance-enhancing drugs to get results faster. The process of using performance-enhancing drugs to get athletic results faster is called doping (Performance-enhancing). Anabolic steroids can be effective with helping athletes get bigger, faster, and stronger, but athletes risk their life and long-term side effects for a sport. Anabolic steroids are synthetic steroids that cause muscle growth. Athletes take performance-enhancing drugs without…

Performance Enhancing Drugs It is no secret that many professional athletes take performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). It has been the very center of many major scandals, involving big name athletes, such as Lance Armstrong, Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez and many more. The issue has also been a controversial topic at the Olympics. As sports become increasingly competitive, more and more people are willing to do whatever it takes to “stay in the competition”. We find this to be a prevalent topic in…

sound of a sprinter breaking the world record. These sounds represent what will happen if doping is legalized. Although these sounds may be more exciting to fans, steroids are not allowed in sports for a reason. Despite the positives of performance enhancing drugs, doping should not be legalized in professional sports because it would ruin the “spirit of the game”. PED’s also pose a large health risk to the athlete, and legalizing steroids would not necessarily level the playing field. Even…