Performance-enhancing drugs are allowed in sports.

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Performance-enhancing drugs are allowed in sports.

Actual performance varies from sport to sport.

Football

Unfair advantage of strength and speed.

Baseball

It does give you the ability to hit the ball further and throw harder. Barry Bonds who was acused of using PEDs hit 762 homeruns for the all time record.

Performance enhancing drugs does not give you the ability to hit a 90 MPH fastball.

Players who do use it versus players who don't.

Players who do use it are seen as cheaters and lazy.

Players that don't use it are seen as hard working and true talent.

The most popular performance-enhancing drugs have yet to show negative side effects.

There is not enough research or proof that they will negatively impacted a athlete in anyway.

The stigma of performance-enhancing drugs is what gives them a "negative" rep in the world.

Levels the playing field

No more fines or investigations on players and teams.

Marajuana and other illicit drugs are seen as doping, with the legalization of Performance enhancing drugs they would be legal as well.

Everyone now gets the chance to use them