Performance enhancing drugs have become a controversial topic in today's sporting society. Many elite athletes across a wide range of sports such as swimming, football and rugby league have problems with the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Current times suggest that athletes have successfully pushed the boundaries of greatness in performance and fitness. Athletes in the modern world use performance-enhancing drugs because they increase the production of testosterone in the body. Elite athletes use these types of medications because of their physical improvement, larger body mass, strength, endurance and performance. Some athletes use performance-enhancing drugs because they help them recover from injuries faster. One example is Sandor Earl who used peptides to speed up his healing after an injury. The legal responses to doping in sport are laws, community service and court orders for rehabilitation. Non-legal responses to doping in sport are the media, pressure groups and education. The effectiveness of legal and non-legal responses to achieve justice in this area. The legal responses to drugs in sport are laws. The laws attempt to prevent elite athletes from using performance-enhancing drugs to increase their physical abilities because it constitutes cheating. If the person accused of using performance-enhancing drugs is found guilty, he or she will face serious penalties such as removal from the game, a suspension of a few years or for life and, depending on the situation, this could result in criminal charges and a prison sentence. prison. The law is very effective in preventing any future use of performance-enhancing drugs, because the heavier the fine and suspension, the more athletes will be afraid to try. The law is also effective... middle of paper ... enhancement drugs would not stop being used just because a group of people hold up posters saying drugs are bad. The final legal response to drugs in sport is education. . Education can teach young athletes who become elite that performance-enhancing drugs are not the way to succeed in sports. School teachers now teach the side effects of taking performance-enhancing drugs like steroids and discuss the negative effects of the drugs. Coaches and training staff of professional teams can hold a team meeting to educate players about the harms of medications that far outweigh the benefits. Education is very effective in achieving justice when it comes to drugs in sports because it can teach athletes of all ages that drugs are bad and can ruin your life. Hopefully education can prevent athletes from considering taking performance-enhancing drugs..