According to Drugs and Controlled Substances‚ from 1997 to 2001 the steroid use of by 10th graders went up 1.5 percent. Steroids are anabolic drug that helps support rapid muscle growth enhances physical performance. Anabolic steroids work by increasing the amount protein the muscle cells produce and allows more fuel to be produced. Steroids are most often used by professional athletes and body building to get an edge over their competitors. Performance enhancing drugs are usually injected but can
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of steroids are legendary. People who use steroids usually end up with many health problems such as‚ stunting growth‚ the appearance of masculine physical characteristics in women and of feminine ones in men‚ unfavorable change in sexual characteristics in both genders and psychiatric complications. Using steroids can also cause damage to the liver that cannot be cured. Plenty of athletes have ruined their careers due to abusing the use of steroids. Some athletes are addicted to steroids because
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proven that Barry Bonds had used steroids during training throughout his baseball career. Now his record of 73 home runs in a season has a big asterisk next to it (Bunning). Yet‚ Barry Bonds and many other athletes are still inducted into their sports’ Hall of Fame even though they used steroids. Athletes who used steroids should not be inducted into the Hall of Fame because it is illegal to use steroids and those who use steroids are cheaters. First of all‚ steroids are illegal in many professional
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taking steroids? If you take a look at some of the world’s best athletes you must think‚ they have to take steroids how else would they be so big? Most of these athletes work hard and have dedication to their sport. Steroids can have a big effect on your health both mental and physical‚ it has negative ramifications in the sports world‚ and there are many ways to get bigger and stronger naturally. First off what are steroids? Anabolic steroids‚ technically known as anabolic-androgenic steroids‚ are
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Jesse Baker Topic: The Use of Steroids in Professional Sports Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of how the use of steroids are affective in professional sports. Thesis Statement: It helps to understand how steroid use in professional sports affects both the sport and its audience in a positive and negative way. INTRODUCTION Attention Material: “Winning is the only thing that matters in sports” -Vince Lombardi Thesis Statement: It helps to understand how steroid use in professional sports
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down on this and some people think that if you can access it then you should you it to reach your full potential. Yes‚ it is debatable whether or not they should be allowed because it can be looked at from so many different points of view. Anabolic steroids are not the only way people have tried to get an edge throughout history. Even in the 1800’s swimmers were using stimulants to make them swim faster. Most of what people use that is considered cheating is any kind of stimulant that would make their
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Steroids and the athlete For the past few years‚ it has been all over the media; athletes on steroids and how it should be dealt with (Rutherford). But as sports-fan and as a society in general‚ we can be hypocrites at best. We like to see collegiate or Olympic athletes break long standing records‚ being in the 100 meters dash‚ the high jump‚ or in swimming‚ but when it is done and over with and later we find out that it was done with the help of anabolic steroids‚ we want to crucify them. Steroids
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The effects of steroid use has been widely documented‚ especially in the past couple of years with all the high profiled athletes subjecting themselves to a tainted legacy because of the need to keep there competive edge while there skills where slowly diminishing with age. Sending shock waves through the sports world and fans feeling disappointed and confused‚ athletes have been slowly coming out in the public eye for their past and current steroid abuse. These athletes have been emotionally distressed
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Baseball & Juice There aren’t many times when you can turn it to ESPN or MLB network without finding out that someone has been caught doing steroids or “performance enhancing drugs”‚ or someone isn’t going to be inducted into Cooperstown‚ because they’ve been rumored to be taking steroids But what’s the big deal?! The players are taking them to be better players and win games‚ last time I checked don’t you play to win? Maybe it’s not the players that should be punished maybe Americas pastime
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Steroids are a form of performance enhancing drugs that are banned through out the sporting world and illegal in most countries. They have been used since Ancient Greece but the present form came into being in the 1930’s. They have a similar effect in the body as that of testosterones. The steroids can be taken in 4 ways. There are Oral Pills‚ Skin Patches‚ Injectable Steroids and creams/gels to apply on the area. Medical - Although they are meant to be used as medical treatments for cancer and
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