Performance Enhancing Drugs Essay

Performance enhancing drugs (Peds) have been around for centuries most of the time they have been illegal but early in the time these illegal drugs were encouraged! People were doing all types of drugs, such as, cocaine, weed, Anabolic steroids, Stimulants, human growth hormone, erythropoietin, tetrahydrogestrinone, cheetahs, and gene therapy . These drugs became important when people started realizing that they were causing diseases and certain cancers.

I believe that performance enhancing drugs are bad for you, they can cause disease, and you are cheating which is also not fair to other players around you. Evidence to support my claim is a quote from Wales online; “ Sports who have the robust policy on drug testing are the ones who are finding problems. If your are not doing any or only limited testing your …show more content…
In fact if you take more than a very small dose then it can cause heart attacks or even worse, such as death, confusion, delirium, and bursting blood vessels. Evidence to support my claim is, “On top of these basic effects, cocaine abuse can lead to serious cardiovascular consequences, including heart attacks; and neurological issues, including headaches, strokes, seizures, and sometimes coma.” This evidence concludes that cocaine can only lead to negative effects.
Cannabis is not quite used for a stimulant like cocaine, but instead to help players focus and get rid of anxiety. Evidence to support my claim is, “It violates the first (performance enhancement) because of its ability to decrease anxiety and fear, and potentially to improve some types of oxygenation and concentration.” “Olympics FYI: Why Is Cannabis Considered a Performance-Enhancing Drug?” This evidence supports my claim by stating, that cannabis has the “ability to decrease anxiety and fear”. Therefore cannabis is also bad for you because if it can take away mental and physical feeling then it’s to much for your

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