Why Are Performance

Enhancing Drugs Banned

From Sports
Justin Fishkin

What are Performance Enhancing

Drugs?

For a substance to be considered

performance enhancing it must
increase.
Strength
Power
Speed and endurance

Today, most PEDs are banned from

sports

Athletes Should not have the

opportunity to take performance
enhancing substances.
Aggression and mood swings
Unbalance the game
Physical health risks

Aggression and Mood

Swings

Critics say
Evidence is not clear

enough
Only men have been
tested
Studies were not
conducted long
enough

Advocates
Study on hamsters

show long lasting

effects
6 out of 50 men
showed aggressive
symptoms
Drug-Free America
proved they can cause
delusion, paranoia,
mood swings and
impaired judgment

Unbalance the Game

Critics say
Take drugs to stay

healthy
Already have the
competitive
advantage by nature
Promote equality
with athletes who
have advantage

Advocates say
Strengthen bones,

increase muscle
strength/mass
More O2 delivered to
muscles
Cheating is knowing
and voluntary

Physical Health Risks

Critics say

Advocates say

Not bad if taken

Most likely taken

right
Help with the
healing process of
an injury

without supervision
Major damage to the
liver (liver tumors)
Increase the bone
marrows production
of RBC
Sever dehydration

There are plenty of reasons why

PEDs are banned from professional
sports. The cons definitely outweigh
the pros.
Aggression and mood swings
Unbalance the game
Health risks

Are just a few reasons why these

drugs are banned

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