Performance Enhancing Drugs:

Good or Bad?

This is a web dropin for middle school and high school health and physical education students. Students will learn the good and bad side effects of performance enhancing drugs.

1. Before you begin, list what you know about the positive and negative effects of performance enhancing drugs

2. Visit and browse the following sites about performance enhancing drugs:

http://www.ebuysteroids.com/index.html

http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/Drug_guide/Steroids

http://www.sportsci.org/encyc/anabstereff/anabstereff.html

http://sportsanddrugs.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=002352

3. Consider the pros and cons and determine whether you think drug use in sports is acceptable or unacceptable.

4. Write 3-5 paragraphs arguing why you think it is either acceptable or unacceptable

NOTE: Be sure to include examples to back up your argument.