Proponents of accepting performance enhancing drugs
(PEDs) in sports argue that their harmful health effects
have been overstated, that health risks are an athlete’s
decision to make, that using drugs is part of the
evolution of sports much like improved training
techniques and new technologies, and that efforts to
keep athletes from using PEDs are overzealous,
unproductive, unfairly administered, and bound to fail.
Opponents argue that PEDs are harmful and potentially
fatal, and that athletes who use them are cheaters who
gain an unfair advantage, violate the spirit of
competition, and send the wrong message to children.
They say PED users unfairly diminish the historic
achievements of clean athletes, and that efforts to stop
PED use in sports should remain strong.
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