Should performance-enhancing drugs be allowed in competitions?
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Performance-enhancing drugs have recently been banned from the Olympics. However, many people believe it would be interesting to see how far you could push the human body with these Performance-enhancing drugs. These drugs could drastically affect the world of studies around this topic. Many people wonder how far the human body can be pushed until it can’t take anymore, and doing this experiment will change the world of healthcare and Olympic history.
Some people could see this as a great opportunity to study how much the human body can do with these PEDs. On the other hand, many people see this as unfair and unethical as previous olympic medalists have had to do a lot of training to get to where they are and if the olympics allowed these athletes to take drugs it wouldn't be fair on the previous olympians.
On the other hand, Allowing these performance enhancing drugs would add some important advancements in the world of science as these researchers would be able to investigate what the human body can really do whether it's with PEDs or not. Scientists won't ever be able to really see the extent of what humans could do without this new version of the olympics.
One of the main negative issues with using these performance enhancing drugs is the danger of using them. In august 1960, one of the first deaths of an athlete in an olympic competition was due to doping (using these performance-enhancing drugs). This olympian had collapsed due to the use of an amphetamine, causing him to fracture his skull. They originally believed he had collapsed due to the warm temperatures; however, his autopsy revealed he had traces of Ronicol in his body.
In my opinion, I believe there should be 2 different versions of the games where one allows PEDs and the others do not allow these drugs. These 2 will not be compared and they can still be appreciated by their own abilities. This will ensure that the Olympics will be fair and that every competitor can compete with their own abilities or with these PEDs.
Comments (5)
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Yes it should be allowed in competition but it is left for participants to use it for competiting. Those athletes that don't believe in their self that they can't win in the competition will love to use the enhanced drugs to able to win. But only if the rule says that you can use anything to win the game or competition then they can use it, but if not athletes should not use it in the competition. When they say no rules then they should bring enhanced drugs in competition.
I disagree because... Performance enhancing drugs are cheat codes to win competitions someone there might have not taken I'm enhance drug of course so if you collide with the person the person might fall and get severely injured.
I'm not sure about this jazzed_guitar what if the competition had someone to give everyone the same proportion of PED's and the athletes must take a test before contest begins to make sure they did not take more of what the medical team gave them. But if it is banned in the competition test should be taken to check if anyone is trying to use PED's.
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talented_cicada You are partially true. I don't fully support you. In my opinion athletes should not use drugs to win competitions. Because in it the competition is not fair. As a result the players who participate in the competition with difficulty cannot win. Moreover, athletes who use drugs to win competitions are mentally and physically broken. This also creates turmoil in their family. So in my opinion there are rules of the game but one should not take medicine to win the competition.
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To be honest of a reply to calm_cloud he s right because what if everyone dopes, doping might not always be a cheat code. What if we always have to dope to do things like this
But on my other side doping could be a cheat code
I think that if the enhancing games were to be allowed, athletes should specify if they took anything. I think that this should be done willingly by them and definitely not forced by others. In my opinion, athletes should be careful not to form any unrealistic expectations for others. When they use enhancing drugs, it may seem as though they are doing all this mind-blowing stuff without any extra help, which would not be true. People at home that are watching could so easily believe that they are not good enough to participate, unless they can do the same things as the other athletes. From my point of view, it can become discouraging. I think that it is a bit similar to taking extra math classes, then pretending that you are just naturally good at it. I have seen such things happen and it can bring people down. I don't think that anyone is just naturally good at something. My mom has once told me that most of the time, it is 15% talent and the rest is motivation combined with hard work. I think that she is right. I believe that just being gifted with something doesn't guarantee your success.
Meanwhile, by acknowledging that you took enhancing drugs, you can show the world that it is not always what it seems. People could seem as though they did it all on their own, even if they needed extra help to succeed. In addition to that, I think that athletes could give talks to other people about how to safely use enhancing drugs, without risking their health. I definitely don't wish it to become all about who takes the most enhancing drugs in order to win. From my point of view, regulating enhancing drugs should mean that athletes are taught about the possible risks and feel safe enough to acknowledge what they did, with no guild.
Hi everyone.
I don’t think performance-enhancing drugs should be allowed in competitions because PEDs can have serious health consequences, and allowing them could endanger athletes. Also, even with legalised doping, athletes with better financial resources might have access to superior performance-enhancing technology. Furthermore, the core values of sportsmanship and dedication could be lost if winning relies solely on who can use drugs the most effectively.