drugs in sport
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Some athletes take performance-enhancing drugs to improve aspects of their performance such as speed and endurance.
There are conflicting points of view about the use of drugs to improve athletic performance.
Sport has developed into a booming business worldwide providing sources of entertainment, revenue and employment. This has increased the pressure on athletes to succeed.
Athletes recognise that training and practice is the one and only path to success. Overtime, however, some athletes have discovered drugs that can increase their efforts giving themselves a shortcut whilst putting their athletic careers and even health on the line.
Every athlete holds a dream to be the best, but often their dreams are lost due cheating competition. With medical and biological advancements providing better drugs, drugs in sport are becoming a more common theme and governing bodies are finding it harder to monitor the use of these lethal performance enhancers.
Athletes take drugs in order to increase their ability and competitiveness in sport. Drug users seeking an advantage over their competitors often ignore the dangers of long term effects associated with drug use...