Should Athletes Use Performance Enhancing Drugs - 935 Words

Roy Shurn Jr English 12 Ms. Terry 11/20/14 PED users in sports Everyone wants to win and everyone loves a winner. Athletes are a competitive group and if you are good enough to get into professional sports, you can achieve fame and fortune would you cheat to accomplish? This is the question that many athletes have to answer? What do I mean by cheating? I mean the use of performance enhancing drugs. How many records were made and broken by athletes that used these enhancements. â€Å"According to Marvin Olasky â€Å"Baseball needs to put the steroids era behind if by having and enforcing tough rules against all kinds of arterial advantages so that spring can return Just what are performance enhancing drugs†? What is the history of†¦show more content†¦Anabolic steroids abuse side effects in men and women different. Men can develop breasts and woman may stop menstruating which can cause major damage to the human body. These side effects are permanent even when the steroid use is discontinued. All parts of the body can be affecte d including your behavior studies on steroids abuse reported that anabolic steroids taken in high doses increase irritability and aggression. Many former abusers have reported that they are more aggressive and physical then before the use of anabolic steroids. The most toxic drugs of all steroids that’s athletes are using man made drugs are very sneaky and can’t not be traced by present day drug test also these designer steroids have not being approve by FDA (Food and Drugs Administration). According to Jim Sensenbrenner Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids. Designer steroids are anabolic steroids or other steroid-like performance-enhancing drugs designed to be undetectable in drug testing. So when you take a drug test you might get away with it. Banned in most athletic organizations and contests worldwide, some athletes have nevertheless sought ways around the bans just like any other steroids. There are so many thing you can get away with using this drug I think there are some players that got away and never got caught like Alex Rodriguez. Lance Armstrong he has won medals in the