Why Peds Should Not Be Banned

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The use of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PED) in sports and whether or not these supplementations should be banned or not. Sports are a big part of majority countries culture, from supporting franchise from sport to sport they all have the same issue of PED being used by the athletes being paid to perform in the sport. These controversial essay will side with the banning of PED use in any type of activity whether it is professional or amateur. Both sides of the arguments will be discussed however the focus will be focused towards the banning of these very harmful drugs. PED are both harmful and unfair when it comes to being a professional and based on usage have a long term effect on the user. The use of performance enhancing drugs

This may be true that if the league approved of the use of PED, they would of course try to use these drugs in the most professional and safest way possible for the athletes but Performance enhancing drugs no matter how beneficial they are to your body they are still drugs. From the results of an experiment the results showed “these results suggest creatine supplementation, despite promoting acute muscle strength improvement, may be harmful as it induces oxidative stress and decrease total antioxidant status” (Perc rio 7). A number of volunteers both men and women took part of this experiment to see what effects the PED creatine could have on your body. The results were very interesting both the men and women saw success in this 3 month experiment increasing the number of exercises, weight gain, push-ups, sit up, etc., from before they were taking the creatine drug. But this cheat way of becoming more athletic came with its issues, many of the volunteers developed many physiological issues with anger issues, depression, and self-consciousness of their own body. Despite the athletic enhancements these drugs give you, hopefully more athletes become more aware of the consequences that come from this cheat method of getting

PED are known to be really good stress relivers, they could relax the muscles of the body from a hard day of practice or after a hard fought game. However these are very risky medications compared to your average message or ice cold bath. Using PED can lead to injury as noted in this experiment when “other risky injection practices reported by participants included injecting small muscle groups and injecting insulin. Small muscle groups are targeted in belief that this will lead to localized growth however this practice greatly increases the chance of hitting a nerve”(Larance 684). Using these drugs as medication or to improve athletic ability are risky towards ones health. Doing any kind of injection can be fatal if not done by a professional especially injections like PED that energizes your body to perform and grow bigger and stronger. Medication is supposed to be doctor approved and be approved by the organization of the sport, there are reasons why PED are banned and why when a patient is hurt doctors don’t attempt to heal them with human growth hormones. PED should not be used as a medication for pros, amateurs or anybody who is hurt they are many other medications or method that can be used to heal one’s body that are both healthier and safer than