Performance Enhancing Drugs In Sports

Performance enhancing drugs have greatly impacted the world of sports. Doping is the use of a drug to boost performance in sports (Scott). Although they are illegal by law to use for athletic purposes, are not allowed in sports, and come with health downsides, there are a countless number of famous athletes who have taken performance enhancing drugs at some point. Lance Armstrong, Alex Rodriguez, and the Russian Olympic team have all used them. Even Usain Bolt used them (CNN). Athletes who take them are using them to boost their performance in sports. They feel pressured by their coaches, fans, parents, and themselves to become the best. They want to be at a level that they think can only be reached by using steroids (Scott). There are people …show more content…
Neither of these things have conclusive evidence to back them up. HGH is a chemical made by the pituitary gland that causes body growth in children. It helps to keep body composition, body fluids, muscle and bone growth, sugar and fat metabolism, and heart function safe as well. HGH is used in prescription drugs but can be produced synthetically now. Arthritis and joint pain, weak muscles, fluid retention, which can mess up the body's systems, carpal tunnel syndrome which causes pain and numbness in the wrist and fingers, diabetes and other blood sugar problems other health problems caused by high cholesterol can follow after use of …show more content…
In 2003, the MLB started to test players for performance enhancing drugs. In January of 2013, the MLB started to test players for HGH. In June of 2012, the USADA began investigating Lance Armstrong for the use of steroids which he denies. Because of more and more performances enhancing drugs, In 1967, the The International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a Medical Commission. The USADA begins investigating Lance Armstrong for the use of steroids which he denies. In March of 2006 the MLB Commissioner (Bud Selig) starts to investigate the use of steroids in the MLB with US Senator George Mitchell leading the investigation. Possession and distribution of anabolic steroids for non-medical use was made illegal in 1983 when congress passed the Anti-Drug Abuse

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