Doping

Doping and performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) are controversial issue in today’s society. The topic of whether doping and performance enhancing drugs should be legalized is important, because it is a current and past issue that affects our society. It is also important because it will affect the future of how sports are operated. There are many opinions on whether doping should stay illegal or become legalized. Some people, believe that doping and performance enhancing drugs should be legalized, because the sports would be more interesting and a level playing field. Doping and performance enhancing drugs need to remain illegal. Doping and performance enhancing drugs should not be allowed in sports, because it is not fair to other athletes,…

Doping in Elite Sport the new Ethical Norm: Athletes Conceptual Influences towards Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs Doping has been present in sport since professional competition began and can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks. In the last century, doping has escalated as a problem due to the physical advantages it gives athletes and the health risks it imposes (Derse & Wilson, 2001). For doping prevention to have any success it is essential support staff establish boundaries and…

take performance enhancing drugs to attempt to increase their level of performance and increase their chance of success. We have read and heard about many doping scandals on the news within recent years to do with high level performers being caught taking illegal ergogenic aids such as: Lance Armstrong,…

In the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the entire Russian track and field team was suspended and at least 120 athletes at the Rio Olympics were previously suspended for doping, and 31 of these athletes won medals in Rio (Halchin & Rollins, 2016; Aisch &Lai, 2016). The Rio Olympic Games was hosted during August 5th to August 21th in 2016. Although the Olympics was a celebrating event for the people all over the world, doping issues still aroused widespread concerns. The aim of the paper is to explain the…

Introduction In this report I will be examining the topic of Drugs and Doping in Sport and whether the Australian Legal System needs to be re-evaluated to accommodate for the ever expanding list of performance enhancing drugs that are being identified and evaluated by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority to be unfair to the sport and its morals. The purpose of this report is to identify the problems in the current legal system and the focus of this report is on the establishment and…

Ethical considerations about the necessity of anti-doping laws in sports With constant scientific improvements and a rise in doping cases in sports during the last years, we have to ask the question if it is still justified to prohibit doping or if drugs should be legalised to create a more even playing field and be seen as a part of our normal evolution. The ethics of human enhancement is a part of moral philosophy, which looks at the reasons and arguments for and against the current policies…

According to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), a substance is banned if it meets two of the three following criteria; the potential for enhancing performance, the potential for detriment to health, and violation of the spirit of sport. However, if an athlete has a medical condition that requires them to take the medication, the athlete must apply for an exemption. The World Anti-Doping Agency have a prohibited list which contains; five classes of prohibited substances, three prohibited methods of…

10, 2016 Doping in Sports In the 2012 London Olympic Games, more than half of the athletes were disqualified for taking banned substances. They were caught taking drugs such as steroids and human growth hormone (HGH). Athletes should not dope because it ruins their career, as well as their bodies and the integrity of the sport that they play. Performing enhancing drugs are any substance taken by athletes specifically to improve their athletic performance. There are many different…

Diego Maradona was a professional soccer player most known for his International achievements. It was said that he failed a couple of drug tests and that he was on cocaine. Many people lost respect for him when they heard this. He denied doing drugs at first, but he then admitted to it. Professional athletes should be banned from their sport for doing drugs because young people look up to them and they are putting a bad example. Doping in sports is not allowed in any sport, and should not be…

It may be true that doping let the players to perform better. However, it is wrong they have to stop drugs in sport because it have many effect in the human body and it also destroy your reputation. In “Effects of PEDs,’’ USADA (2014) in the author article he said that it have many bad things for the body and a lot of side effect that can put the athlete life in dangerous. If someone said that doping will not do anything to you, be sure that he want to destroy you. Likewise, it is also…