Link to Website: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/drug-use-in-professional-sports.html
In class on November 3rd and November 8th we discussed drug use in sport. In Coakley’s text on pages 179-185, he discusses the use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sports. Coakley says that defining a PED is difficult to do because it can range from anything like aspirin to heroin. They can be legal or illegal; harmless or dangerous, natural or synthetic, socially acceptable or unacceptable, commonly used or exotic. This makes it difficult not only to test for all of these, but to also understand what your allowed and not allowed to take.
In the article Brad Sissoko discusses the controversy of drug use in sport. He talks about the reasons for athletes to take drugs or PEDs. Certain drugs can help you recover quicker from injuries or give you a competitive edge on the field. It’s not only athletes on the field taking these drugs, many people in the workplace are also taking these drugs to not only cure illness and alleviate pain, but to change their mood, thought, feelings, and mental and physical performance. The use of illicit drugs will remain a controversy in sports and as long as athletes have access to them, they will continue to use them no matter the consequence.
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| The use of illicit drugs will remain a controversy in sports and as long as athletes have access to them, they will continue to use them no matter the consequence. |
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