Should performance-enhancing drugs be legalized? The use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sports, also known as performance-enhancing drugs, can be traced back to the early games Olympics in Greece (Wada, 2010). This illegal practice, which was then perceived as part of sport, is today considered a serious crime. Just recently, in 2012, the Court of Arbitration (CAS) banned Jan Ulrich, a German cyclist, for a period of two years for using PEDs (CAS, 2012). Even more recently, another cycling icon, Lance Armstrong, received a lifetime ban, this time from the United States Anti-Doping Agency, in his persistent fight against PEDs (USADA, 2012). Today, athletes are subjected to incessant drug testing throughout the year, and in 2012 alone, USADA performed 8,490 tests, more than half of which were out-of-competition (USADA, 2012b). The fact of the matter is that many substances banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have no reason to be banned, as they are produced naturally by the human body, for example growth hormone, the levels of which can decrease (Molitch et al. al., 2011). Furthermore, the fight against drugs in sports is in vain, since drug tests cannot keep up with all different types of doping substances and methods (B. Foddy, J. Savulescu, 2007). For example, EPO, a hormone that stimulates the production of blood cells, was banned in the early 1990s but has only been detected since 2000 (WADA, 2011). Nowadays, athletes who use PEDS outnumber those who do not, which means that there is no fair play in sport (Goldstein, 1990). For these reasons, the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport should be legalized. For starters, the World Anti-Doping Agency has banned a number of substances, such as human growth hormone (HGH), which...... middle of paper......mostly rains. (Noakes., 2004). This shows that the use of PEDs is in no way contrary to dedication and commitment, which are some of the values ​​that characterize the sporting spirit. Despite this, WADA stripped Lance Armstrong of all his medals in 2012 simply because he had used PEDs throughout his career, reducing years of hard work to ashes as if his victories were merely the result of doping. In conclusion, sports authorities should allow athletes to use PEDs to compensate for certain deficiencies and improve their mental and physical condition, as they deem necessary. In fact, it is up to the athlete to judge which substance to use to be at his best in the competition. Additionally, due to the costs and failures of drug testing over the years, as well as the lack of fairness in sports today, it is time to legalize PEDs..