Anti-Doping

The article I located is titled the "Use of doping agents, particularly anabolic steroids, in sports and society." I found this source to be a scholarly source because it was peer-reviewed, it was written by professors; very long; includes heading for each section; and it had a long list of references. 

This article points out the rising use of performance enhancement drugs over the years both in sports and in society. It showed the evidence that some performance enhancement drugs do improve performance in sports, which has led to its misuse at large. The article also talks about the adverse health consequences of using such drugs and that the side effects people known are under-reported because there is more to it than we know. There are also psychological effects of using illicit drugs and it emphasized greatly on violent behavior. It talks about the World Anti-Doping Agency, which has the technique and laboratories that can detect the misuse of performance enhancement drugs. And finally, it talks about ways in which the misuse of performance enhancement drugs can be reduced. This includes: “random doping analyses, medical follow-ups, pedagogic interventions, tougher legislation against possession of AAS, and longer disqualifications of athletes who use AAS”.   

In conclusion, the article states that the misuse of illicit drugs is detrimental to the health, physically, socially, and mentally; and that it should be combated, thus eliminated. This article is successful in conveying a successful rhetoric message because this was a research study done by professors and its use of data from the accredited World Anti-Doping Agency, helped solidify their claim.

Sjöqvist, Folke. "Use of doping agents, particularly anabolic steroids, in sports and society." Lancet. 371.9627 (2008): 1872–1882. Web. 12 Apr. 2013.

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