... to get away with it, and many get caught and face long term bans. Short-term effects depend on the type of drug being used. Generally short-term effects include pain blockage from an injury, lower heart rate, reduced anxiety and slower breathing rate. Drugs are chemicals that can affect the body chemistry and how it works. They have been used since ancient times as medicines to relieve pain and help in the healing process. In more recent times drugs have been used for recreational purposes and in 1879 drugs were reported for enhancing the performance of athletes and in particular cyclists. It is the performance enhancing drugs that concern sporting bodies throughout the world. Athletes using such drugs are judges to be cheating, as they are performing outside the rule structure of the sport. Many athletes area faced with an ethical and moral dilemma when training because they know drugs are available to ...

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