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  • Essay / Performance Enhancing Drugs: A Lazy Man's Solution...

    Central Idea: All performance enhancing drugs should be banned from all sports forever.I. Performance-enhancing drugs, the man-made enigma of the sports world, come primarily in four types: anabolic steroids, masking agents, stimulants, and erythropoietin. Anabolic steroids come from the male hormone called testosterone (Performance Enhancing Drugs Education).1. Specifically, several baseball players use this “juice” to synthesize proteins in their bodies, which ultimately leads to growth in strength and muscle size (Performance Enhancing Drugs Education).2. What many athletes lose focus on are the multiple effects that can occur in the body, some such as hair growth, baldness, acne and high blood pressure (performance enhancing drug education). b. Masking agents are now another illegal drug smuggled in by professional athletes.1. Diuretics, epitestosterone, probenecid, alpha-ruductase inhibitors, and plasma volume expanders are the four "agents" because they all work to fulfill one primary goal, which is to hide the evidence in the body. a person using anabolic steroids or “juices”. » (Education on performance-enhancing drugs).2. None of the masking agents should be used by anyone due to the terrible consequences they can cause, such as heart arrhythmias, kidney stones, fever, muscle cramps and much more (Drug Education improving performance).C. Stimulants, the energy drink, live as another contraband PED.1. Although the United States Food and Drug Administration has banned their use, many lazy athletes use them to give them the energy and strength needed to get through a long season (Performance...... middle of paper.. ....Michael Jordan's Mindset Made Him Great” Youth.USAB.com 2013. Web March 30, 2014. “A-Rod Admits, Regrets PED Use” Sports.ESPN.Go. com February 10, 2009. 2014. Douglas, Scott. “Sports Medicine Experts Debate: Should Doping Be Allowed?” Runnersworld.com., 2014. Web, March 30, 2014. Fish, Mike “Canseco: Steroids.” are overrated.” com. June 2, 2010. Web, March 30, 2014. “Athletes work hard for their money.” Sports.ESPN.Go.com March 8, 2011. “Enhancing Drugs.” Performance. Education.” NSCA.com National Strength and Conditioning Association, 2013. Web, March 30, 2014. “Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Fast Facts,” CNN.com Cable News Network, March 6, 2014. Rios, Angel. “Kevin Durant: Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard. » February 11, 2010. The web. March 31. 2014.