Should Drugs Be Banned In Sports

In the primitive time, Pierre de Coubertin, a first founder of International Olympic Committee, decided to celebrate the first Olympic Games in 1896 under the banner of IOC and the purpose was to bring solidarity, peace and to reduce the commercialization of sport. Moreover, sportsmanship’s concept was also strongly practiced and adopted during games virtues such as fairness, self-control, courage and persistence (Shields & Bredemeier, 1995) strictly fallowed and has been collaborated with concepts of treating others and being treated fairly, maintaining self-control and respect for both authority and opponents.

Thomas Aquinas convinced theories to discuss above-mentioned thought he devised the doctrine of double effect (DDE), he gave an ideal

Above mentioned drugs are banned by International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the substances in doping are not approved for use by athletes and safely tested.

Hence, drugs banned by WADA and performance enhancing are really harmful for health of athletes, might cause death.

Example:

Mr. Knud Enemark Jensen who died immediately during competition reason amphetamine sulphate and drugs usage.

Ronicol (Ronicol Retard) he used nicotinic alcohol tartrate to improve his strength. Also, another real case in 1987-1988, fourteen Dutch and four Belgians cyclist’s quiet young and healthy died unexpectedly,

we also can consider another real example. In 1987- 1988, fourteen Dutch cycle riders and four Belgians -all young and apparently healthy athletes died suddenly.

The cause of their death huge usage of Erythropoietin (EPO). It’s a new kind of drugs that rise the creation of oxygen-carrying red cell. It means this drug can enhance performance athlete.

Ideology of the Olympic states. " The important thing in the games is not winning but taking part. The essential thing is not conquering, but fighting well". How noble this goal is but it has nothing to do do with modern sports world

Thomas Aquinas got credit to introduce the rule of DDE dependability of self-defence in Summa Theological (Art.7). Therefore, self-defence act may have two sides/effects, one protecting one 's life, elimination of assaulter.

Continuing with Aquinas discussion it is justified to use right of self-defence to some extend; since intention is to save one 's life is not illegal; an act might be wrongful if someone use self-defence term bringing unnecessary violence.

Doping intentness can be examined as dishonesty and negligence.

Doping now a day considered as global problem that followed by international athletes in sporting events worldwide.

International Olympic Committee from the past half century trying to stop spreading this problem, with some little results, introducing educational programs, testing systems and supportive medical treatment, this substance abusing behaviour may decrease, sadly this not happened.

Actually, new, more powerful unnoticeable doping techniques and substances now in use by Elite/Professional athletes. Distributers develop more experienced network.

Professional athletes once were the role models for growing and young adult