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Should performance enhancing drugs (such as steroids) be accepted in sports?

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  • +13 +62 -49 Victor Greywolf Jan. 8, 2012
    "Personally speaking, I am not pro or con against those things, since I never used them, and I don't really care if people do. I mean, I am not a star athlete, so I don't really think about things such as that. Hey, if they want to do that, and they get a heart attack, I don't lose sleep over it, especially since it means I can take their spot, and besides, if they don't like me, one less piece of garbage to inhabit this earth, and get in the way of my goals. I say, let them do what they wish, when they die of an overdose, two words for them: Good Riddance. End of story"
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    • -2 +2 -4 Sir Squire Sep. 25, 2012
      "Victor, I understand your point of view. However, sports are based on the human body and mind. It's essentially like modifying your body and giving a clear unfair advantage over those who put in the hard work and effort to work their way up to become professionals. Maybe if you worked as hard as some of the pros, you could be playing with them too. Everyone who fought their way up to be a pro deserves that slot on the roster, and they don't deserve to be overshadowed by someone who took the easy road and shot themselves up with testosterone. This doesn't even touch upon the harm they do for someone's body. The long term effects are detremental and can ruin an athlete's life later on. Also, the "roid rage" factor is huge. The athletes would become total hot heads and fights would be come so much more frequent and it would take the focus off the actual games. These people are not garbage, They want to be seen and appreciated for their talents. Please don't be so insensitive. BADABOOM."
  • 0 +13 -13 pump up Jan. 25, 2013
    "yea they should be legal but all athletes must wear t-shirt that say i use steroid so the cry baby whiners will know the users are honest lol"
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  • -2 +3 -5 Oak Apr. 7, 2013
    "the harsh reality is many star atheletes have used performance enhancing drugs to improve there performance.however the drug alone does not make an athlete a star. hard work and dedication including constant exercise is involved. im going to play devils advocate a second and say this.did you know that steroid use only improves the performance of an athelete in strength and endurance it will do absoultly nothing to actually increase there agiltitly skill in the sport or improve how much oxygen gets from there heart to there lungs under heavy amounts of pressure.no athelete is truly equal drugs or no drugs. an athele who has a better diet then another athelete has a clear advantage over an athelete who eats terribly.the athelete with the better diet if they are at similar skill levels should win and its not cheating.im an athelete myself I don't really consider it cheating to do drugs.i don't do drugs myself but if someone wants to risk there life to win a race fine not my problem.i'v learned from experience that people are going to be better then me and blaming someones drug use on me not winning is kind of stupid. I know even with the drugs you still need to exercise and work hard. people will have amazing coaches,i'll live withit"
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  • -3 +9 -12 Bob Jan. 31, 2013
    "I'm voting pro because the con people have bad grammar and athletes have almost always used drugs"
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    • 0 0 0 Fishtree Apr. 19, 2013
      "people have almost always been murdering each other, throughout history. That doesn't mean its right."
  • -4 +2 -6 Ericka Mar. 19, 2013
    "Performance enhancing drugs are like fuel for a success project management. So, it is just okay to accepted the said drug in sports. As long as the regulating body will have the required dosage or specifications on what drug to use."
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  • -5 +9 -14 carlos Nov. 29, 2012
    "i think that if they want to use them then they are are only harming themselves"
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  • -9 +5 -14 kevinb Dec. 16, 2012
    "I agree with swagg,

    Steroids are free country and you should be able to do whatever at your own risk."
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  • -9 +8 -17 fireflycyy Nov. 8, 2012
    "I am a pro on this argument under one condition: drug-used athletes should compete to in one separate group, so to speak, Drug-used group, in order to be fair to those who do not want to risk their lives or health to take performance enhancing drugs."
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  • -11 +4 -15 Eli Dec. 11, 2012
    "I think they should be aloud in sports because it would make the sport more interesting and I would watch sports more."
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  • -11 +19 -30 truballer#19 Feb. 1, 2012
    "ya know man, if you take drugs then u r a bum cuz u cant work hard to achieve the dream everyone is working for... i would rather not make it to the NFL than make it(to the NFL) and be known for using drugs"
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  • -12 +6 -18 OG Jan. 14, 2013
    "Just saying that blood doping should not be illegal in sports it is not a drug. You're body produces it!"
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    • +1 +1 0 sally Jan. 28, 2013
      "ur so wrong it could kill them!"
    • 0 0 0 Fishtree Apr. 19, 2013
      "Your body produces poisons too. Should I come over and inject huge amounts of those into your body?"
  • -14 +8 -22 Carl Apr. 14, 2012
    "Professional sports teams are private organizations. If the team owners don't like it, then let them privately enforce it by ditching the athletes who use it. If you personally don't like it, then go watch another sporting event.

    There is no legitimate reason to get the law involved in this."
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  • -14 +34 -48 KadenE Jan. 13, 2012
    "I'm a pro because the athlete's that use steroids are using them at their own risk and if they die it's their fault cause no one can force them to do drugs and other stuff that could possibly kill them or weaken their bodies muscules, heart, or lungs."
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  • -14 +23 -37 matt Dec. 4, 2011
    "if smokers are free to harm themselves then athletes should be able to make their own choices too. steroids are banned but i dont see smoking banned."
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  • -14 +45 -59 Meghan Moriaghrty May. 20, 2011
    "its dependent on the individual to decide whats right for them!"
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    • +2 +2 0 sam Nov. 28, 2011
      "even though i understand where your coming from and i slightly agree,i dont think in this situation it should be allowed.Think about it if you were the one to have a favourite sport and you wanted to pursue it in the future as a job , and after years of training and working hard you get the job but all of a sudden you realize people on your team and the opposing teams are taking PE (performance enhancing) drugs but YOU didn't want to take it because of your beliefs and moral rights how would you feel? plus this is sport its meant to be a fun yet competitive game not serious to the point where you risk your health and bring other players down who are against taking drugs and rely on their own skills whilst worrying your family and friends i mean if you need to take drugs to satisfy your ability to play then clearly you have some really serious insecurities and shouldn't play or if you love taking drugs and things like that then get a game league of your own then you guys can endure the long term painful effects and worry those you care about sick, thank you for your time of reading this and i hope you consider my point of view without clouded judgements."
    • -1 +1 -2 IDGAF Sep. 29, 2011
      "Amen brotha"
  • -15 +32 -47 Youknowthetruth Jun. 6, 2011
    "This is a capitalist society, of course drug use should be allowed. It's taboo to talk about it because people are trying to control each others view points for their own benefit. If Bob takes a pill and decides he no longer wants to listen to Dan his manager/boss/priest/cop then it becomes a problem for the controller in the situation. This is all about population control and getting people to stop asking questions and take orders, regardless of their intentions and the consequences. We should take drugs. We would not be here today weren't it not for them."
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    • -1 0 -1 sam Nov. 28, 2011
      "and some drugs will kill you very painfully and slowly without you realizing it. yes i am grateful for some drugs that does help ease pain or cure things but i think those are the only that should be allowed look at the thing you do when your under the influence. you worry your parents who care for you and you create damage to your own body.if you don't care about yourself do you at least love and care for your parents? because if you did you wouldn't be doing this and also if you had any self respect you wouldn't either. i think people who take drugs should become a bigger person and stop taking them or at least try to they can easily get help and give themselves a better life. Apart from that i kind of agree with the the rest of your speech also remember we are not in control no matter how much people say this is a free country the government can easily change that and we should be careful with who we choose and not be clouded by our judgements but see from both perspective and try and come to an agreement which will satisfy everyone or the majority of people and try and keep as much peace as we can. i hope you consider my point of view"
  • -16 +16 -32 danny Dec. 6, 2011
    "If enhancing performance was quote ''unfair'' then coaching and training would be banned!"
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    • +1 +1 0 Ray Dec. 15, 2011
      "Coaching and training is based on skill not on your willingess to use PEDs."
  • -16 +27 -43 Jerald Tan Jul. 14, 2011
    "Bannind PEDs doesn't help anything in fact more athletes have been termed"cheaters" because they use PEDs...athletes use all sorts of dietary supplements, exercises, equipment, clothing, training regimes, medical treatments, etc. to enhance their performance. There is nothing 'natural' about taking:
    i. vitamin pills
    ii. whole-body Lycra suits
    iii. surgery on ligaments
    iv. spending every day in a gym pumping weights
    v. running in shoes with spikes on the bottom, etc.

    Diet, medicine, technology, and even just coaching already give an artificial advantage to those athletes who can afford the best of all these aids. Since there is no clear way to distinguish from legitimate and illegitimate artificial aids to performance, they should all be allowed."
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    • 0 0 0 Fishtree Apr. 19, 2013
      "who eats Lycra suits, surgery, gym weights and spiky shoes?
      The biggest problem with PEDs is not the unfairness in sports, it is the damage they can do to your body."
  • -17 +21 -38 .... Jan. 26, 2012
    "Steriods should not be bannded.. They help people with cancer and with out them they might have died."
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    • 0 0 0 Fishtree Apr. 19, 2013
      "This is about drug use in sports. Almost all drugs have potentially good effects in medicine, but to have muscle manipulating effects you need to go way beyond the healthy level."
    • -1 +1 -2 Bon Qui Qui Feb. 23, 2012
      "Sorry, but I disagree. Steriods DO NOT help them. It kinda makes it worse. They do not need Steriods to get big. In my opinion!"
    • -2 0 -2 Mike Hawk Apr. 5, 2012
      "I disagree to. Steriods shud be banned from sports not the world as a whole."
  • -20 +55 -75 Hayden May. 5, 2011
    "If it makes the sport better and more enjoyable to watch... GO FOR IT!"
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    • -2 0 -2 SWAGGER Jan. 8, 2012
      "no it dosnt it sets bad examples for the little kids watching them"
    • -4 +1 -5 justin May. 24, 2011
      "maybe for the fans but pros find it very unprofetional"
  • -22 +4 -26 Mota 52 Mar. 29, 2012
    "Its fine!!"
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    • 0 0 0 Fishtree Apr. 19, 2013
      "What an amazing argument. Why don't you just copy that and put it on the pro side of every controversy in this forum.
      Steroids cause strange unintentional effects and can land you in the hospital room.
      Since you provided no argument, my argument trumps yours even though it has no data to support it"
  • -23 +23 -46 swagg Oct. 13, 2011
    "i think yes because its a free country and you should be able to do whatever at your own risk."
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    • 0 0 0 Fishtree Apr. 19, 2013
      "suicide is a crime. It is a free country up until the point when you commit a crime. When you commit a crime you lose many of your rights, except for those designed for the criminal system, such as innocent until proven guilty."
  • -24 +16 -40 TGIF Oct. 26, 2011
    "By consuming the drugs, it might help boost the athletes stamina as well as self-confidence. But of course, they should take the drugs in moderation:)"
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  • -24 +15 -39 Chris Oct. 5, 2011
    "Athletes will still use performance enhancing drugs like steroids even if they are illegal. Athletes have many ways to get past the drug tests taken so that they will not get caught. also it does not give them an unfair advantage because all athletes have equal access to performance enhancing drugs."
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    • 0 0 0 Fishtree Apr. 19, 2013
      "People will still use bombs to blow each other up even though they are illegal. Do you want to legalize mass murders?"
  • -26 +8 -34 dakota Dec. 16, 2011
    "If the drug such as steriods helps the player work or play better than they should have the option of useing steroids then they should be able to."
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  • -26 +12 -38 Jaqua'nda Dec. 7, 2011
    "They should be able to do what they want and take them steeroids and such drugs as such because its the free country of america. cocaine as well to speed up the game and make it fun for alls of us"
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    • 0 0 0 Fishtree Apr. 19, 2013
      "I'm starting to see a hunger games theme coming along here, and it scares me."
  • -33 +40 -73 Timothy Bair May. 10, 2011
    "Using performance enhancement drugs such as steroids aren't bad. It makes the game more exciting and takes off pressure from those million dollar players, because sometimes the fans, coaches, and teammates expect alot from them."
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  • +62 +112 -50 IDGAF Sep. 29, 2011
    "Doing drugs are bad, m'kay"
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    • +6 +8 -2 Lola Oct. 2, 2011
      "I like that statemnent. Short and Sweet! :)"
    • +3 +4 -1 Boom, it's me. Feb. 24, 2012
      "Ain't that the truth. I LOVE IT!"
    • -4 +3 -7 me Nov. 9, 2011
      "lol south park"
  • +50 +91 -41 kohei Aug. 29, 2011
    "We should not accept performance enhancing drugs. In reality, many professional athletes have used those drugs, but it is obvious if famous athletes use those drugs, it must affect many young athletes (high school, college, and even younger generation) who want to be a famous and great athlete. Little by little, drug circumstance surrounding athletes (even though young athletes) will expand and get them involved in the bad stream, if we accept drugs. Finally, it causes and develops lifelong physical, mental, and social issues due to an addiction and side effects by performance enhancing drugs."
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  • +23 +71 -48 Austin Kwon May. 17, 2011
    "Drugs can make people strong, but they can cause a lot of side effects, such as nausea, headache, diarrhea, stroke, and/or heart attack. People should rely on their own skills."
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    • +2 +2 0 no drugs Jan. 3, 2012
      "i know man it is so wrong to use them"
  • +17 +38 -21 nicholas hugggins Jan. 26, 2012
    "no because it enhances yet hurts the super senses of the human body. it is a form of cheat the mind and at the game you may or may not be playing."
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  • +14 +29 -15 eddie carpenter Jan. 25, 2012
    "Performance enhancing drugs would take the effort out of sports. People would get lazy."
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  • +13 +45 -32 Random Someone Jul. 17, 2011
    "by taking drugs like that your risking yourself AND cheating those who try to keep it clean and the clean ones try to do good"
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  • +12 +30 -18 baseballkid Jan. 13, 2012
    "its cheating, you can't cheat in school so you shouldn't be able to in sports"
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  • +12 +31 -19 Delilah89 Oct. 26, 2011
    "I strongly believe that such drugs should NOT be accepted in sports. Let us portray, in the near future, if such drugs are accepted. The purpose of a competition would be just watered down from winning and bringing honor to one and one's nation, to simply seeing who can consume more drugs before the competition so that they can get hold of the cash. Yet, such an image would be so heart wrenching.Drugs like this would turn sports into meaningless battles of who could get bigger muscles there would be no point in watching sports if all it was is people weighing 400 pounds and be the fastest. Drugs are a waste of money and time for both people paying to watch and people playing the sport. Thus, this belief should definitely fall."
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  • +12 +46 -34 oh la la ;) Oct. 16, 2011
    "using drugs to play is not fair ... games should be played for the like of it ... anyways drugs are bad for health"
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    • +3 +3 0 E.D.T Mar. 5, 2012
      "you are right if we really love the sport the engry has to come from you."
  • +11 +23 -12 Mike Hawk Apr. 5, 2012
    "Sports relly mostly on skill. If you use drugs to enhance your performance or skill then you don't really belong in the sport."
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  • +11 +28 -17 boom shaka lakka Feb. 24, 2012
    "Steroids, Are a use of a type of drug that SHOULD NOT be used in sports. ANY type of drug should NOT be used! in my opinion!!!!"
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  • +11 +31 -20 oh yeah Jan. 31, 2012
    "it is cheating to use steriods in sports if steriods are aloud then sport arent worth watching any more its is just plain cheating dum dum dum"
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  • +10 +25 -15 SHANAYNAY Jan. 8, 2012
    "nooooooooo it harms the body .....i know people say it their body and all but they dont understand how bad it is for them .."
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    • +1 +1 0 Sllut Feb. 21, 2012
      ""Shanaynay" is it? This is true. I agree. The body shouldn't have to put up with the drugs that are entering the body. Drugs during sports doesn't help. 'Steriods' REALLY doesn't help! T# A M E N !"
  • +10 +43 -33 Henry Adams Jun. 6, 2011
    "There should be absolutely no PEDs at all. Honestly there's no sense to it, if a person want to be stronger then start working out or something."
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  • +8 +35 -27 You knowww ;) Oct. 11, 2011
    "Drug use should be totally banned everywhere. There should be random drug screening for ALL levels of athletes. Without drugs for sports, it will make the competition more equal and the game more fair. The win will go to the team that actually did better playing the game, not the team that did the best had shooting up steroids."
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    • 0 0 0 Mike Hawk Apr. 5, 2012
      "Drugs shud be banned from people who dont need them. If someone has a medical problem who needs steriods or whatever to be able to play then by all means let them use it, but if you only use it to enhance your performance in the game then you shudn't play that sport. Duuuhhh"
    • -2 0 -2 Natalie.! Jan. 26, 2012
      "Steriods and drugs shouldnt be banned. Drugs all of over the world help people and keep them liveing. Also a girl used to be on my basketball team(befor she had to go back in the hospital) has to take steriods for her cancer so they have to let it go ,because she loves basketball and would do anything to it. So point made. Drugs should'nt be bannded and if they where many people wpuld die for takeing them off drugs so quickly. Like for example Amy Whitehouse."
  • +7 +22 -15 Matt T. Feb. 13, 2012
    "you get in what you put out. period."
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  • +6 +14 -8 David Mar. 8, 2012
    "Drugs give an unfair advantage to those who do not use it. Just because you use the drugs, doesn't mean you'll be better at it too, it could make your performance worse. Keep it clean, keep it fair."
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  • +6 +20 -14 Matt Jan. 5, 2012
    "I think steroids are terrible no matter what sport your in. Take baseball for example, most all- stars used steroids. They would be nothing if steroids werent invented"
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  • +6 +41 -35 Mark Feocco May. 24, 2011
    "Performance enhancing drugs (such as steroids) have killed many athletes, disqualified athletic teams, and ruined lives. Drugs in general are ridiculous and nobody should be using them"
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  • +5 +11 -6 who? Oct. 2, 2012
    "ruins the honesty of the game"
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    • 0 0 0 cameron Oct. 10, 2012
      "why does it ruin the game its just a drug that enhances thier performance. You can possabily see a player get messed up or something. to be honest i dont care."
  • +5 +21 -16 myob Jan. 23, 2012
    "drugs kill you. and if you want your family to have a good life. then dont do them."
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  • +4 +4 0 Matthew Deitch Apr. 2, 2013
    "Using performance enhancing drugs put you and others in danger. To take steroids is selfish and not thought out."
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  • +3 +8 -5 Fred Oct. 11, 2012
    "Drugs ruin the respect for the game! that is that"
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  • +3 +19 -16 joe Jan. 19, 2012
    "Natural talent and how you can train yourself is what the competition of sports should be about. Not what something else can do for you"
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    • 0 0 0 Mike Hawk Apr. 5, 2012
      "Agreed. Sports require hard work and skill. Steriods elliminates those."
  • +3 +17 -14 jordan Jan. 17, 2012
    "performance enhancing drugs should not be allowed in sports the athletes should use their god given talent"
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  • +3 +49 -46 erick smith May. 2, 2011
    "steriods are for cheaters"
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    • +1 +1 0 Rosey Dec. 12, 2011
      "my mom had cancer and if she hadn't taken steriods she would have died"
    • +1 +1 0 Daniel Nov. 29, 2011
      "Who's voting this guy down? He just summed the whole "issue" in four words."
    • 0 0 0 Natalie.! Jan. 26, 2012
      "i am voteing him down for Emily.! My bestfriend. she has cancer and needs these so dam right i am."
    • 0 0 0 Chicka.!(: Jan. 26, 2012
      "Yes, but sterioids are also for helping people with cancer."
    • 0 0 0 eddie carpenter Jan. 25, 2012
      "damn right"
  • +2 +4 -2 KD Feb. 13, 2013
    "y do it? it's not worth it..."
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  • +2 +6 -4 asdfghjkl Oct. 11, 2012
    "if you don't have the skill then don't use drugs to be better"
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  • +2 +9 -7 parker Apr. 20, 2012
    "i think it all bellows down to fairness beacuse if someone cant get staroids and someone els cane you know that that someone would "shoot up""
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  • +2 +19 -17 Seth Jan. 6, 2012
    "No there should be no performance enhancing drugs in sports because it ruins the nature of the game"
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  • +2 +21 -19 jack Nov. 30, 2011
    "No you should not use steroids beacuse the professional sprots is when you can show your athletism. when you use that your basically cheating yourself. anyone could use roids and be the best... barry bonds?"
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  • +1 +6 -5 two chopstick Nov. 30, 2012
    "these make the game unfair"
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  • 0 +4 -4 KD Feb. 7, 2013
    "what's the whole point of doing drugs... If you are doing steroids and playing a sport, that just shows that YOU are weak..."
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  • -2 +1 -3 tom Feb. 4, 2013
    "NO, because drugs can have unhealthy side effects, it gives an unfair advantage, ialso is unsportsmanlike and cheating. If all were allowed to use drugs, people would use even more and it would be worse."
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  • -2 +29 -31 Bob Sep. 28, 2011
    "People shouldn't use drugs because it makes the game unfair if one team is clean and the other is using drugs."
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    • 0 0 0 Marie Jan. 26, 2012
      "The team that's clean has the advantage really -- when you use drugs, it distorts you mind (along with a ton of other things), so it has more downfalls that advantages."
  • -3 +2 -5 Austin Feb. 16, 2013
    "I think that if athletes want to use the drugs, they should be allowed to compete, but if they set a record or win, it doesnt count. I think many people would find all their hard work and training mean more to them than the drugs if they will never be able to "win" doing them.
    Maybe then we will see some decline in usage eh?"
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  • -3 +21 -24 Cindy Oct. 31, 2011
    "I don't think using drugs to enhance performance. It's not fair. If there is who take drugs gets high score, then other people would use drugs too. Using drugs for sports leads many negative effects. It can't be accepted."
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  • -5 +1 -6 Gustavo Macias Nov. 28, 2012
    "PEDs are should not be used, they may not affect the users much, but those users are highly, valued role models. What it shows to children who look up to them is this, why be fair use substances to reach your goal even if that goal is something easily attained. That is what children see in their role models such as famous: football players, weight lifters, track men. When these athletes uses these substances kids follow in step behind them. However the followers usually worst then the original users and start going from bad to worst. Kids could start using crystal, crack or drugs as such to obtain their goals, like being rich, well this drugs will get them there at a bad cost though. Why let other generations follow suit, this is especially why there should be a stop to PED use."
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  • -5 +1 -6 Lizard Nov. 28, 2012
    "I strongly believe that athletes should not take drugs. Using drugs, such as steroids harms their body. Yes, it may help them win many competitions, but your health is more important than winning. If you win by taking a drug, you're only cheating yourself. You're not getting anywhere, without putting your effort into it. Put the effort, don't cheat yourself, and if you don't do so well. Keep trying and you'll succeed, but don't do anything to cheat yourself because in reality you know that competition you won, wasn't meant for you. Just remember "Cheaters never win" and "Winners never cheat". If you don't take drugs and win, you will feel much better and proud of yourself. Because you know that the effort you put in was 100%, without using anything to cheat yourself!"
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  • -5 +1 -6 Anonymous Nov. 28, 2012
    "Although the performance enhancing chemicals help a player's performance, they are not thinking about their own life. Their health is at risk while taking these drugs. A single pill is all it takes for them to become addicted. The more they take, the more they want. It all becomes a small cycle. Many do not know that it can become addictive for one to become stronger.
    It is also unfair for other sports players that have these natural talents. Taking these drugs could just defeat the point of the game. That is why in some schools no athlete is allowed to play if they are on steroids. In competitions people are disqualified if they are tested positive."
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  • -5 +3 -8 Jennny Nov. 27, 2012
    "Using drugs in sports is not fair at all! Using the drugs can also cause many side affects. Doing sports is all about having fun and pushing yourself physically."
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  • -5 +6 -11 abcdefghijklmnopqrst May. 15, 2012
    "it is cheatin"
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  • -5 +22 -27 Daniel Nov. 9, 2011
    "This is ridiculous. You say people should be allowed to make their own choices? Well guess what, if one person starts using steroids, then everyone else would feel pressured to do the same. It's not a personal choice, it would affect everyone else who plays the sport. It's not fair that someone should feel like they have to do that to themself in order to compete."
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  • -5 +42 -47 christopher duggan May. 12, 2011
    "steroids are very bad for the user"
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    • 0 +2 -2 Daniel Nov. 28, 2011
      "and everyone else who just wants to man up and play the game fair and square"
  • -7 0 -7 sally Jan. 28, 2013
    "because i dont think it right"
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  • -10 +32 -42 Samuel Johann Hayden May. 24, 2011
    "Using steroids is bad for the athlete, and the young athletes. When the young athlete hears about the older athlete, this puts influence on that younger athlete...Steroids give an unfair advantage to the people who don't cheat! The drugs mess with your mind and eyes, and play tricks on you in your vascular system. Also when people do drugs they lack Sportsmanship, Fun and Joy, and team Dedication,,, etc."
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    • 0 0 0 Alakazam Apr. 2, 2013
      "Doing drugs is bad for your health, thus you should not use steroids in any situation."
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