Why????

Back in the day when it was no regulations in the drug usage, athletes took drugs like it would be candy. Well, in many ways it was their candy! It was no regulations, no one to say stop you destroying your body. Most of these athletes died at age 45-50 because they overdosed themselves.  In the 80’s and 90’s woman athletes were taking drugs without knowing what they were taking. The huge increase in testosterone these women developed muscles much bigger than women typically can . This is pretty amazing. Drugs are really dangerous to people, but they are more dangerous for women because it changes their hormones. Women give birth to children and it is dangerous to take drugs because they can cause disorders in the child. Especially in the good old days where it was no control over doping what so ever. Coaches and countries just wanted to get results and they were willing to destroy a person's life.  In the modern era the drugs evolved to a higher level.

"The line between what is effective and legal and what is effective and illegal is fading—it's not clear anymore because the people who are making these other substances are getting very good and they are finding ways to dim the line,"

said Harold Connolly, a former Olympic hammer-thrower and world record-holder who used steroids in the 1960's before coming out against their use. The athletes who are taking these more advanced drugs are the ones who can afford it because it is really expensive. In most of these cases, the wealthier countries’ National Athletic Associations support their own athletes with these drugs. For example, USA, Russia, and Germany can afford these drugs and their scientists are working on newer and newer drugs because they have the money to support it, while the smaller countries with less wealth cannot afford these advanced drugs. Now the biggest problem in the athletics is that it is not about the human performance anymore. It is about money and who can afford the better drugs and perform better than the other. Some people think that doping should be allowed!

Sometimes I feel the same way. Why prohibit drugs if you can use it and athletes will keep using it anyway. Why not give a chance for a moderate and controlled drug usage.?