Should We Accept the Use of Steroids in Sports by Adults?
There is proof that the health risks are high for those who use steroids and that the longer you use them the higher the risk is. The risk along with the ethical questions of right and wrong about the advantage that athletes get over those not choosing to use steroids is enough reason to not accept steroid use by adults in sports. This drug use should not be the norm. The use of performance enhancing drugs should not be given as an example to younger athletes as the right thing to do. Therefore: The use of steroids by adults in sports should not be accepted. Athletes need to be tested more often and have stronger punishment for using performance enhancing drugs. This statement will be denied by some who say that the risk of taking the drugs is less than the risk of actually doing the sport itself. They will bypass the ethical problem by saying you are not going to stop it so we need to accept its use. They will further say that it is not cheating but the right of an adult to use drugs to enhance their skills just like others use drugs to enhance their beauty or their personalities. However I believe that the evidence given by people with proper authority to provide it will show that this is not the case.
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