Enhancement of Life
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There are many ways that using performance enhancing drugs in sports that can
affect your life and everyone else's around you. Have you ever considered what your
fans would think if they ever found out you were using enhancement drugs? What about
your parents, wife, children and team? Have you ever thought about the physical,
emotional or overall mental health risks that using performance enhancing drugs can
cause? In life there are many factors to consider when faced with the option of using
drugs to enhance your athletic capabilities. Is the game the addiction or the drug? Is it
worth it? From my personal experience, no, it is not worth it.
One of the very most important things to consider when using performance
enhancing drugs are the health risks. There are many more downs than ups with the use
of drugs. Consider the effects enhancement drugs have on your mind and body. There
are several physical problems than can come from use of performance enhancing drugs.
As stated in an article; “Use of supplements has been associated with high blood
pressure, heart attack, stroke, seizure, and sudden death” (Richard Buchanon, 2005,
paragraph 13). When using certain drugs in sports such as pain killers, you could do
extensive damage to your muscles and costing your career. How about the physical
damage you could cause to another person? Results of using anabolic steroids could be
just as physically damaging to an opponent; due to increased strength of the user. In
addition to the physical strength, the mental anguish that occurs from chemical imbalance
in the body just adds the damaging possibilities to the opposing players. There are many
other physical factors to take into consideration before choosing illegal enhancement
drugs. There are many enticing factors to athletes of enhancement drugs.
Most athletes use enhancement drugs for the physical enhancement.
For goal oriented athletes, steroids or other enhancement drugs can help give them the
edge they need to succeed. In a sport such as football, the added size of a lineman can
mean a stronger offense or defense. There are some athletes that along with the physical
element that steroids bring comes a boost of self confidence. In a case such as my own, I
found that the noticeable physical difference that steroids gave me made me feel really
good about myself. The fear of losing became a pride of winning.
The availability of enhancement drugs is unlimited. One of the most popular
places to buy enhancement drugs is the local drugs store. There are several over the
counter medicines that contain some of the restricted ingredient found in certain
enhancement drugs. Also located in local drug stores are optional natural supplements
than can be used as a safe alternative to restricted drugs. Most anabolic steroids and pain
killers are found on the streets. The anabolic steroids that I got my hands on came from
my very best friend. Many people that I knew who had there hands on anabolic steroids,
simply came from stealing and forging their family doctor’s prescription pad.
Fans of many sports have different opinions on sportsmanlike conduct. Do