Drugs and Sports
Drugs and Sports | Athletes Have the Right to Accept the Risks and Benefits of Performance- Enhancing Drugs
Robert Lipsyte is a New York Times sports columnist and the author of several books including Idols of the Game: A Sporting History of the American Century.
Summary: At a time when many people are using drugs such as Prozac and Viagra to enhance their performance in the workplace and elsewhere, the distinction between necessary therapy and unethical performance enhancement has become harder to maintain. Athletes should not be held to a higher standard than the rest of society when it comes to using chemical substances to improve their performance....
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- The Use of Performance- Enhancing Drugs Is Common
- Steroid Use Is a Growing Problem Among American High School Athletes
- State-Sponsored Drug Use Has Tarnished the Olympic Games
- Performance-Enhancing Substances Raise Serious Ethical Questions for Athletes
- The International Olympic Committee Stands Against Doping
- The Impropriety of Taking Performance-Enhancing Drugs Is Debatable
- Drug Testing for Athletes Must Be Improved
- Mandatory Drug Fest in Sports: The War Against Drugs Is Failing on All Fronts
- Athletes Have the Right to Accept the Risks and Benefits of Performance- Enhancing Drugs
- Banning Performance- Enhancing Drugs Is Justified
- The United States Must Spearhead Reforms to Eradicate Drugs in Sports
- Drug Use in Sports Is Not Eradicable
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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