Sport Enhancing Drugs

Sports in the 20th century are one of the most watched things on television. Every kid wants to grow up and be the next Derek Jeter, Usain Bolt, or even LeBron James. Sports keeps everyone thrilled and in shape, in sports people may not get along because, ethnicity or the level of talent another person has. This is why performance enhancing drugs have been the most talked about topic for decades.

In many situations people are peer pressured, or in need of a certain high to get through their problems. W Moller (2009) a finical analyst in an a article called “We, The Public, Place The Best Athletes on Pedestals”, (p. 545) discusses about himself and how athletes use PED (performance enhancing drugs). W Moller (2009) begins talking about midway through his sophomore year of high school, and how he pulls all nighters to finish work. Then his friend who he occasionally took study breaks, saw the bags beneath his eyes, slump in his shoulders and the nervousness. So he handed him a small white pill called Ritalin, it was classified as a class 3 drug. Moller being a good kid, he had to accomplish what was demanded of himself. Next day he woke up and regained focus, unfortunately it came with serious side effects like most PED drugs. “I was stuffed-up, sweaty, wide eyed mess and he studied until the birds chirped (p. 547).

In sports there’s always an athlete who may seem as if he or she has taken PED, but he or she has been born with god given talent. An editor named J Posnanski (2010) for Sports Illustrated, in an his article called “Cheating And Cheating”(p.553) talks about William Mays one of the greats baseball players of all times. Whether it’s from running faster than a opponent or even out strengthening them. Willie Mays is one of...

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...which contributes to the synthesis of the energy carrier molecule ATP during exercise” (p. 2). Athletes need protein or a supplement that will help them progress and gain muscle mass.

If performing enhancing drugs were allowed, the human body would be pushed to a limit that no scientist could answer. Athletes use PED so that they can be on top of their game, and this will make them better than their opponent.

Thompson, H. (2012). Superhuman athletes: enhancements such as doping are illegal in sport--but if all restrictions were lifted, science could push human performance to new extremes. Nature, 487(7407), 287+. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA298293942&v=2.1&u=buffalostate&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=ed4cb0062cafac51b813dd229165078a

Graff, G, Birkenstein, C, and Durst, R. (2010) They Say I Say. New York, NY . Norton & Company.