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Should performance enhancing drugs (such as steroids) be accepted in sports?
Sports and Drugs ProCon.org presents facts, studies, and pro and con statements on questions related to the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports. For the best overview of this website, start with the four boxes below: 1-Minute Overview, expert responses to our core question "Should performance enhancing drugs (such as steroids) be accepted in sports?," Top 10 Pros and Cons, and fun facts in Did You Know?

[Note:  This website uses the term "performance enhancing drugs" to mean legal and illegal drugs that are considered to enhance performance in sports.  The term "performance enhancing" is sometimes spelled with a hyphen and sometimes without.  We have opted for the unhyphenated spelling.]


1-Minute Overview Core Question Top 10 Pros & Cons Did You Know?

For more information browse the left column resources, read pros and cons in the issues below, or visit our notices section for our most recent content.


Pros and Cons by Issue
Core Question
  Should performance enhancing drugs (such as steroids) be accepted in sports?

Performance Enhancing Drugs
  General
  Steroids
  "Blood Doping" and Erythropoietin (EPO)
  Stimulants
  Human Growth Hormone (HGH)

Testing
  Reliability of Test Results
  Cheating the Tests
  Invasion of Privacy

Public Policy
  Legalization of Performance Enhancing Drugs
  Congressional Involvement
  Cost-Benefit Analysis

Moral and Ethical Issues
  Coercion
  Sportsmanship
  Technology vs. Drugs
  Unfair Advantage
  Hall of Fame

Olympics
  Prevalence of Drug Use
  Banned Performance Enhancing Drugs
  Returning Medals

Drugs and Teens
  Athletes as Role Models

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Last updated on 3/17/2010 2:17:34 PM PST