Performance Enhancing Drug

We read and hear news reports about performance enhancing drug use in sports so regularly some may think all athletes are taking them. We also hear and read regular reports of athletes committing crimes and carrying unlawful weapons. Is deviance out of control in sports, or is deviance just behavior that’s interfering with the status quo and not really a problem to anyone other than wealthy people with property to protect? What’s your view? Explain your position incorporating data from the text and applying one of the theories discussed in week one.

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Performance Enhancing Drugs

In the sports industry, there have been many cases where athletes have been banned for using performance enhancement drugs in their various sporting events. These cases have in the recent past increased as individuals through enhanced medicine have turned to drugs that can at times be difficult to detect for the anti-doping agencies within the sporting industry. Doping bans and penalties have also been strengthened to offer greater punishment and disciplinary action to individuals who participate in doping. When some athletes take these drugs, they have greater chances of winning races and this makes it unfair for other athletes who do not participate in such unlawful activities.

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