Online articles by Robert Simon (2003) and Richard Pound (2008) question why individuals are permitted to smoke knowing that they are willingly harming themselves however professional athletes are not allowed to participate in the use of drugs that harm their body and assist them in achieving their objectives. ... In opposition to this, Nicholas Dixon (2008) wrote in his journal article that sports events would become "tests of rivals' access to good pharmaceutical technology and knowledge and their bodies' ability to use these chemicals efficiently" which would highly disc...

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Athletes are striving to be better than the best and putting their bodies on the line to achieve it. ... The liver at anytime contains 10% of the bodies blood supply, when it is not and death. ... Since Steroids are taken to accentuate male qualities it really can ravage a women's body internally and externally. The intake of steroids overtime can deplete the stature of the body. ... (Graeber) Steroid use can also severely damage the tendons of the body. ...

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