I personally have no intentions of using drugs and in no way am I condoning the fact that you should start using drugs. So I gathered this detailed analysis on the topic "Drugs in Sport".





Drugs in Sport





Blood Doping is one of the simplest ways to improve your endurance. Either perform a blood transfusion, in most cases athlete's would deposit their blood in a blood bank and come back after some time (Usually around 2-3 months) and withdraw the blood in a result they would have more oxygen capacity because they were building back blood around the 2-3 months. They can also perform a less time consuming way by taking erythropoietin injection (EPO), a hormone usually produced by the kidneys and the liver, which will trigger your bone marrow to overproduce red blood cells, in a result it will drastically improve you oxygen capacity. This performance-enhancing drug is used in endurance sports like marathons, cycling and Nordic Skiing.





Anabolic Steroids this is one of the most common performance enhancing drug, this drug is like a mimic of Testosterone, a hormone which produces the male sexual characteristics. This drug allows the individual to train harder and recover quicker in a result causing quicker muscle mass. The significant physical signs are increased strength, more facial/body hair (for both male and female) and a deeper voice. The drug is used in almost every sport such as Olympics, Professional Wrestling, National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), National Basketball Association (NBA) the list goes on and on.





Beta Blockers this performance enhancing drug is used to control the heart rate in nervous situation and a have a relaxing and a calming effect, the drug helps in sports where steadiness and precision are essential such as target sports like archery. This drug allows you to maintain a low blood pressure, less anxiety and reduces stress.

Anabolic Steroids





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The infamous Lance Armstrong doping ( Blood Doping ) case, Lance Armstrong was the number one in 1996 in his cyclist career, in the same year he recovered from a severe testicular cancer (cancer in the male testes) so he had remove the affected testicle in order for him to survive, this made him very popular because he survived cancer and was a inspiration for people in France and around the world. Blood Doping





He continued to break records and win his seventh "Tour De France" (the biggest cycling race) in 2005, He has been accused of doping ever since winning the Tour De France in 1999. Team mates of Lance had been caught taking blood doping which made the accusations against Lance stronger. The urine tests gathered from USADA proved that he was taking a Blood Doping and HGH (Human Growth Hormone) and as a result In 2012, October 22 Lance was stripped of Tour De France titles since 1998 as a response US Anti-Doping Agency and was also banned for life





Lance held a meeting with the USADA to lower the ban to one year but the talks fell apart due to Armstrong not co-operating with the CEO of USADA, Travis Tygart.





On October 14, 2013 Lance confessed to doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey which aired on January 17, 2013.





Lance Armstrong





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Ben Sinclair Johnson, a Canadian sprinter was winning consecutive 100m

world records at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics but his victory in 100m at the 1988 Summer Olympics caused great speculations as to if he used performance enhancing drugs because he ran 100m sprint in just 9.79 that's less than second per metre!





He then subsequently failed drug tests and stanozolol (A Performance enhancing drug that allows and individual to run faster, loose fat, build muscles and stamina) was found in his urine. He was then stripped of his Olympic gold medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and was also given a 3 year ban.









Positive Effects of Drug Usage in Sports

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Taking steroids or other performance enhancing drugs can have a short-term impact on physical abilities such as Increase in muscle mass and drastic rise of stamina, quick recovery time allowing you to not go through fatigue muscles and take longer time in getting tired.

· these so called 'performance enhancing' drugs were actually designed for health purposes, the drugs can have a positive impact on a individual in a certain situation. such as steroid drugs can help reduce swelling from a certain allergy.





· It will improve the performance if the athlete making the sport a lot more engaged and competitive because you can do a lot more that you can without the performance enhancing drugs.





· Blood doping is proved to actually treat certain cancers, also treat anemia which is in your kidney to avoid kidney failures and HIV.

· Beta Blockers can give you a relaxing and a calming sensation and it also helps the body to reduce stress and decrease the anxiety levels.











Negative Effects of Drug Usage in Sports

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If you abuse the usage of any performance enhancing drug you increase the chances of health risks, the biggest or noticeable difference is the behavior of the individual changes to aggressive behavior, e.g. A Professional WWE wrestler, Chris Benoit committed suicide after killing his family most likely it was because of a mood swing.

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Long-term effects, although you might experience the joy f attaining all these records, money or fame but after you are done with your career (usually also in career) you might be acting differently, muscle pain, hypertension, heart problems.

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Liver damage, your liver processes nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals for your blood. Your liver plays a vital role in the body's metabolic system and you don't want it to get damaged in any way.





· Hypertension, an increase of blood pressure. You don't want that cause it will increase the chances of you getting a heart attack, heart failure and kidney damage

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Irregular heartbeats and other Heart problems, you don't want a heart attack while playing a match or doing the sport or in general getting a heart attack.

















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