While athletes follow special training programs and maintain certain diets to make sure their performance is at peak level, a variety of performance enhancing drugs have been banned. Drugs used in sports fall into certain categories: (1) Anabolic Steroids, (2) Erythropoietin and other Peptide Hormones, (3) Beta blockers, (4) Stimulants, and (5) Narcotics. Select and discuss one such specific forbidden drug. Is the drug you selected forbidden in all sports; if not, which sport is it allowed in? What are the performance enhancing aspects of this drug? What adverse or harmful effects can this drug have on the human body?
Here’s a useful link to get you started: https://www.usada.org/substances/prohibited-list/athlete-guide-2018-prohibited-list/
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