Should Steroids be Legalized?

Beyond the bad influence pros using steroids would provide, is the destruction to an athlete’s body that is caused by using performance enhancing drugs. Many professional players are faced with psychological and emotional problems, testicular atrophy, libido issues, and deterioration of muscles and bones. Some athletes claim “it is my body, my choice.” That may be true, but it is the responsibility of the sports organization to ensure the safety of their players. You would not want Jeff Gordon riding without a seatbelt because it allows him to steer better on the track. In the same way you don’t want athletes taking harmful drugs because they want to be better at the sport. There are much safer ways to improve a persons talent.

There is no doubt that an athlete on steroids is a better player. But this is at a cost to the opponents they go up against in a game. No one wants to play against someone who is better than them because of a pill they take. This goes against the nature of the game, especially in baseball. Babe Ruth made his records with no performance enhancing drugs. In fact he was constantly drinking and eating horrible foods. He is now the epitome of what is the nature of baseball. Baseball should be played by players who get their muscle the all natural way. That is the history of the game and that should be the future of the game.

Steroids need to be banned in all professional sports. They can easily destroy an athlete’s body and his life. They provide a horrible example to young athletes which lead them down a road of abuse. Steroids give favor to the players that use them and in the end they destroy the true nature of the game. Do not allow steroid use to continue.

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