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 What Science Says! How has science contributed to the use of performance-enhancing drugs?

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2  What Science Says! How has science contributed to the use of performance-enhancing drugs?

3 What Science Says!  Performance Enhancing Drugs are improving performance and boosting productivity  Scientists are working to discover new drugs and have successfully discovered many performance-enhancing drugs!

4 What Science Says!  Some of the drugs discovered that are used as performance-enhancing drugs can also be used in the medical field  Particularly, steroids are commonly prescribed  They treat diseases such as arthritis, asthma, auto- immune disease (lupus and multiple sclerosis), skin conditions, and some kinds of cancer http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/steroids.html

5 What Science Says!  Scientists are working to improve the human race!  From a science perspective, these drugs are just making individuals more productive

6 What Science Says!  So…if these drugs are helping us, is there anything negative about them?

7 What Science Says  Well of course scientists have discovered the negative side effects of these drugs  But that has not stopped them from continuing to search for new drugs to enhance performance

8 What Science Says!  These discoveries and advancements are what has led to the increase in performance- enhancing drug use! With more drugs to use, athletes are more susceptible to attempt to improve their performance by using them


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