Doping in sport
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:07 pmI don't think that doping in sport should be legalised. First of all, because doping substances have serious side effects. In second term, because this way competition becomes unfair.
In my opinion, is nearly impossible to stop athletes breaking the rules. Research will always find the benefits in performance of substances that are not really drugs. As research never stops (luckily, for many reasons), a new substance -drug or not- always will appear and in the future will be qualified as illegal.
I think in some cases athletes are cheats: when they're mature people with enough knowledge and consciousness. But, in most cases, athletes are victims of their trainers, of their environment, overpressured, and too much young to decide without influences. The circumstances can force them to take illegal substances. Nevertheless, this doesn't means that doping should be legalised. At least, punishment have a dissuasive effect.
In my opinion, is nearly impossible to stop athletes breaking the rules. Research will always find the benefits in performance of substances that are not really drugs. As research never stops (luckily, for many reasons), a new substance -drug or not- always will appear and in the future will be qualified as illegal.
I think in some cases athletes are cheats: when they're mature people with enough knowledge and consciousness. But, in most cases, athletes are victims of their trainers, of their environment, overpressured, and too much young to decide without influences. The circumstances can force them to take illegal substances. Nevertheless, this doesn't means that doping should be legalised. At least, punishment have a dissuasive effect.