Why do athletes take drugs in sport?
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Why do athletes take drugs in sport?
For some athletes the motivation to take drugs is media pressure to win or huge financial rewards. For others it is simply to improve their body image. Some athletes have said they would take a drug to enhance their performance, even if there was a risk it might kill them.
What drugs are used in sports?
Among the most popular PEDs are anabolic steroids, human growth hormone, erythropoietin (EPO), beta-blockers, stimulants and diuretics to name just a few.
Why drugs should be allowed in sport?
By allowing everyone to take performance enhancing drugs, we level the playing field. We remove the effects of genetic inequality. Far from being unfair, allowing performance enhancement promotes equality.
What are three reasons athletes take performance-enhancing drugs?
Why do athletes take drugs?
- Therapeutic use for the treatment of medical conditions.
- Social and ‘recreational’ use.
- Performance enhancement.
How can we stop drug use in sport?
How to Prevent Drug Abuse and Addiction in Sports
- Educate. Educate your children or peers about the harmful side effects of both short-term and long-term steroid abuse.
- Advocate. Regularly discuss healthy ways to achieve athletic goals such as through training and diet.
- Communicate.
How many athletes are addicted to drugs?
The most recent research from the National Collegiate Athletic Association sheds some light on how many athletes use drugs in the association: 44% of male student-athletes and 33% of female student-athletes reported binge drinking. 22% of student-athletes reported past-year marijuana use.
Should athletes be drug tested?
Urine drug testing is the industry standard and recommended over hair or saliva testing which may not be defendable in court. Drug testing programs can be mandatory, as with interscholastic student athletes, voluntary as part of a student assistance program, or based on reasonable suspicion only.
Why is drug testing important sports?
Drug testing promotes equity in sport and helps to deter drug cheats from using banned substances. It promotes athlete health and safety while attempting to maintain fair play. However, drug testing does not always catch athletes, and is often having to develop new testing methods for the new drugs being released.
What are the pros and cons of drug testing?
The Pros of Workplace Drug Testing
- It promotes safety.
- It reduces company liability.
- It keeps employees accountable.
- It saves the company money.
- It’s an additional expense.
- It violates employee privacy.
Is drug testing in sport effective?
It is currently not possible or cost effective to conduct drug tests on everyone at every level within sport. However, at the non-professional levels there are less motivating factors for drug use and the use of drugs is more likely to be recreational than for a sporting advantage.
Why is drug testing in sport important?
Drug testing in sports helps: Prevent cheating in sports. Protect athletes’ health from using dangerous drugs to perform better. Find athletes who have substance abuse problems.
Why student athletes should not be drug tested?
Drug testing our athletes could be risk a students opportunity to play that sport in college. If they were doing drugs because they believed it enhances their performance, all of their hard work would be for nothing. The possibility of being caught or the possibility of a fatal occurance is high.
Why should we drug test athletes?
The biggest reason to test student athletes for drug use is to prevent the use of steroids, hormones, and other performance-enhancing drugs, all of which are forms of cheating.
