The Controversy over Drug Testing in Sports

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drugs used by athletes to enhance their performances are illegal drugs; illegal drugs are banned probably because they are not medically approved by medical practitioners and pharmacists. Cocaine is an illegal drug and it can cause mental illness leading to excessive violence, delusions, and hallucinations. "Cocaine affects the cardiovascular system by increasing cardiac activity and sensitivity, which may lead to hypertension, tachycardia, and even arrhythmias. The dramatic side effect of cocaine use is sudden cardiac death. This has been reported in some athletes by coronary occlusion. Cerebrovascular accidents have also been associated with cocaine use, from sudden elevations in blood pressure (Ramachandra, et al., 2012, p. 2) Moreover, an athlete's well-being is always in danger whenever they use drugs to enhance their performances, and also the improper use of needles to inject these illegal substances in the user's body can cause HIV/AIDS which cannot be cured. Using drugs ...

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didn't pay to watch computer game characters compete in competitive sports designed for human beings. In fact, the false representation of a product or service is against the law as stated under section 52 of the Competition act which is,

Paragraph 74.01(1)(a) of the Act is a civil provision. It prohibits the making, or the permitting of the making, of a representation to the public, in any form whatever, that is false or misleading in a material respect. Under this provision, it is not necessary to demonstrate that any person was deceived or misled; that any member of the public to whom the representation was made was within Canada; or that the representation was made in a place to ...

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