My initial idea for this research project was to explore a topic related to sports. Upon further consideration and interest on the topic, I researched further subtopics such as the performance enhancing drugs, sports betting, as well as fitness levels of athletes. Performance enhancing drugs interested me the most after further reading. As a result, I decided to make my subject title 'performance enhancing drugs' and further refined my research topic to 'Should athletes utilize performance enhancing drugs?' I plan to present my research outcome with a report.
2.0 Background.
Many athlete's like badminton champion Lee Chong Wei, world famous cyclist Lance Armstrong and Olympic swimming legend, Michael Phelps, have been found using performance enhancing drugs leading to their suspension. Besides them, many other athletes have been banned or suspended by organizations like FIFA after being reported or tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. However, The British Journal of Sport's Sciences reported that there can be advantages in taking performance enhancing drugs. In the end, allegations of drug taking will result in the utter embarrassment and disgrace of the athlete, and the sport, and has disastrous effects on the sport and its fans. All these reasons make researching this area important and necessary.
3.0 Research Processes.
I will be using both quantitative and qualitative research processes. Firstly, I will be using both web-based and library research as they can provide many credible sources to obtain information from. Furthermore, I will be researching expert views on performance enhancing drugs, by doctors, sports organizations, coaches and athletes. Besides that, I will also be conducting a questionnaire on approximately 40 individuals from different backgrounds and ages to obtain results on their opinion on the effects of performance enhancing drugs. Furthermore, I will be using magazines and journals in my research, for example, 'Discover Magazine' and 'Bigger, Stronger, Faster'.
It was about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports. ... Now I am explaining to my audience the pros of using performance-enhancing drugs. ... I expressed more on the health problems that occurs while using performance-enhancing drugs. I gave stats on the increase of performance-enhancing drugs in high schools. ... The essay was the arguement about performance-enhancing drugs in sports. ...
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The situation worsens when some adolescents know that their parent, or parents, place heavy emphasis on their performance at school. ... The experts at Toronto University agree, and have classified substance abuse as a stress enhancer. ... This practice of enhancing stress through substance abuse takes a toll on adolescent's emotions, because as with most drug and alcohol abuse, a dependency is established. ... Sure, this looks good on paper but substance abuse and anti-social behavior also lead to another disorder, conduct disorder. ... In fact when put to test researchers found that...
Currently drug intervention has been most effective at just keeping Parkinson's disease under control. There are three specific groups of drugs used in controlling and reducing the effects of Parkinson's disease: anticholinergic drugs, dopaminergic drugs, and dopamine-like drugs. ... It is suggested that these drugs should always be stopped gradually (Quinn 1995). ... It is always combined with a dopa decarboxylase inhibitor (carbidopa) to reduce peripheral side effects and enhance absorption. ... Dopamine-like drugs include: amantadine and selegiline. ...