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... drugs supervised by doctors to avoid the dangerous facts of the doping. "The banning of the use of drugs in sport is generally justified by the dual and interrelated arguments that it is medically unacceptable because of the potential side effects and it is ethically unacceptable because it contravenes the spirit of sport and the concept of fair play"(Taylor 12 ). Nemeth 2 Specifically, it is not fair for one individual to gain an advantage over another by means, which are secretive and dangerous and give advantage to the extent that other competitors would have to accept the same unreasonable risk in order to be competitive. The other opinion is to allow drugs into sport. "A significant minority of doctors has used one or more arguments to justify doping athletes: drugs are necessary to compete effectively; athletes should be free to medicate themselves as they please; drugs do not ...
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