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    The use of steroids in sports Corey Nalley GE 117 July 21‚ 2010 Mr. Ryan | The use of steroids in sports Everyone watches sports. Even the Romans used sports to see who the best was. The only difference then it was more one on one. Sports today are more on what team is better rather than what player is better. The use of steroids has forever changed the face of professional sports‚ making it a world fueled by drug contacts instead of skill and talent. Steroids have been a very common

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    Steroids Back in the 1930’s when you looked in the sports page of the newspaper; everything would be great stories of incredible sports events and feats. But now‚ when you look at the sports pages in the newspaper‚ it’s all about steroids and cheating in sports. One of the biggest issues in sports today is the severity in danger of athletes using steroids or performance enhancing drugs. Illegal doping is the process of using steroids or other performance enhancing drugs while participating in

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    manifest the most dominant world athletes. The winners are deemed the best in their sport for their abilities to be biologically and physically gifted and to harness that potentiality. These athletes train strenuously‚ often ingesting synthetic or natural additives to increase performance. To remain competitive in increasingly higher levels of play‚ athletes should have the choice of using their natural gifts and/or using performance enhancing drugs. Neither an athlete who has a gene that prompts a

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    argument is that many athletes use these substances because in professionalism‚ it is very difficult to have consistency every day since having so little rest‚ the body gets tired and the performance of that player can go down considerably and to avoid this‚ the player begins to use these substances to improve his performance and to be able to withstand the trainings and play better in every game. Athletes may have several reasons for using performance-enhancing drugs. An athlete may want to: build

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    competition did not exist . People would live in an ancient-like society‚ low-technology level‚ and laziness would be the theme of this world‚ because improvement would be unnecessary. No matter what professions they are‚ athletes or politicians‚ people would not be better since they have no competitors. However‚ competitive instinct exists in humanity‚ and people can achieve their dream in sports competition‚ people practice and compete to push each other to be better‚ to exceed the limits‚ to write history

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    Brad Stone Poltical Science 11/25/2010 Clifton Wilkinson Tumbling Effects of Steroid Use by Major League Baseball Players Are the Major League Baseball record books tainted? Can a single drug change the way a baseball fan looks at the record set by Barry Bonds or opinions about a man who hit 762 homeruns (Pitch 1)? Steroids have the ability to turn an average player into a player that can qualify and succeed as a Major League Baseball player. They also provide the “good” player the ability

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    e-parenteral-route/description/drg-20069917). For males‚ some side effects of using anabolic steroids would be acne‚ oily skin and hair‚ hair loss‚ liver‚ kidney and heart disease. For females‚ some sides effects of using anabolic steroids would be hair loss‚ acne‚ oily skin and hair‚ and an increase in male characteristics (lower voice‚ breast atrophy‚ and an increase in facial hair growth). Anabolic steroids mimic the effects of testosterone (e.g. androgenic) As the testosterone suppresses‚ many

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    The Alternative to Steroid Use for High School Athletes Sam was just a normal kid who loved to play basketball. He did pretty well in junior high and made the high school team later on. He was excited to play and loved working out with the team. His coach introduced each of the players to steroids to help them get an edge in working out. Sam and a friend on the team were the only two that would not take these dangerous supplements. As a result the other kids became stronger and faster and Sam found

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    November 2010 The Steroid Effect in Professional Baseball In past twenty years‚ steroids have become a huge problem in major league baseball. Many players were using them because they assumed there was no chance in being caught. In the last five years the league has decided to crack down on testing and really try to clean up baseball. A large number of players have tested positive‚ and the punishment is much worse than in past years. Steroids are harmful to the human body‚ they have changed baseball

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    Introduction: The issue I have chosen to analyse is the use of self-enhancing drugs such as steroids‚ in all areas of sport. Drugs are an issue in every sport as they give the person taking the drug an advantage over the other players. It also affects their health. It also influences teenagers to take drugs as they believe that is a good thing to do. Analysis: Drugs have a very bad impact on society as people believe it is ok to take drugs because someone from their favourite football team took drugs

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