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Columnist: Support Banning performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) from sports will not stop their use. ████ ███████ ███ ███ █ ███████████ ██████████ ███ ███ ████████ ████ ██ ████████ ██ █████ ██ ████ █ ███ ███████████ ██████████ ██ ████ ██████ ██ ████████ ███ ████ ██ ████████████ █████ █ ██████████ ████ ██ ████ ████ ████ ███ █████ ████ ██ ████ ██████ ████ ███████ ██ ████ ███████ ███ ██████ █████ ████ ████ ██████████
Summary
The author concludes that PEDs should be allowed, but only under a doctor’s care to make sure they’re taken in safe doses.
Why does the author believe this?
Because he thinks that if PEDs are administered only under a doctor’s care, then the health risks of PEDs disappear.
In addition, we can never stop the use of PEDs, because they provide a big competitive advantage. Top athletes will do whatever it takes to get a big competitive advantage.
Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that athletes will not take higher doses of PEDs than what the doctors prescribe. (This overlooks the possibility that athletes might still want to cheat by taking more PEDs, despite the doctors’ instructions.)
The author also assumes that the doctors involved in administering PEDs won’t prescribe more than safe doses. (This overlooks the possibility that doctors, either through incompetence or greed, might end up prescribing unsafe levels of PEDs to help athletes compete.)
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Using PEDs at ██████ ██████ ████ ███ ██████ █ ███ ███████████ █████████ ████ █████ ████ ██ ████ ███████