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    Professional Athletes should not use Steroids Anabolic steroids were created in the late 1930’s‚ primarily to treat hypogonadism; at condition in which the testes do not produce the sufficient amount of testosterone for normal growth‚ development and sexual functioning. The primary medical uses of these compounds are to treat delayed puberty‚ some types of impotence‚ and wasting of the body caused by HIV infection or other diseases. The paragraph above should be enough for anyone‚ to show anabolic

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    Impact of Steroid Use Sports require much talent and skill to be played at the professional level. All athletes must work hard and practice often to get more proficient in their field of play. There are also some people who try to get by without putting in all the effort through the use of performance-enhancing drugs‚ which refers to steroids. The use of steroids is banned from professional sports‚ so why did several athletes use them? Most professional athletes abusing steroids utilized them to

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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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    Knox English IIII 12 November 2015 Use of Steroids in Sports There’s lot of stories about professional athletes using enhancing performance drugs. Lot of athletes use drugs for their performance in the past and some athlete still use it now days. Drugs are usually turn to steroids‚ there are several types of steroids like anabolic steroids or corticosteroids‚ they are in same groups. Corticosteroids‚ cortisone or prednisone are drugs

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    Professional athletes are role models for many young children & adolescents. If for example a young child hears about an athlete using drugs‚ he might think that using drugs is all right for him as well. Similarly‚ if the athlete is not severely punished then the child will think he can get off easy too. However if a child sees that the sport wants to remediate any and all situations involving professional athletes taking drugs‚ he will be helped to understand that taking drugs is socially unacceptable

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    topic in American sports. In some cases‚ professional athletes use steroids. Barry Bonds‚ a Major League Baseball (MLB) player‚ admitted that he used steroids while playing in the MLB. Steeper penalties should be implemented in professional sports leagues for those who use performance enhancing drugs‚ because they give athletes an unfair advantage. What does PED stand for? PED means “performance enhancing drugs” that athletes can use to get better. Most steroids are injected into the muscle‚ although

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    Steriods are illegal so what can be done to prevent professional athletes from using them? Steriods or any enhancing has been used since the ancient greeks so steriods or any enhancers has been around for awhile and if we dont act fast than it will be here forever. Athletes using steriods can cause real serious long-term health risks‚ because steriods unhealthy for the human. Steriods is used medical reasons not just for muscles it helps out people who have asthma but even though they somewhat helps

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    you ever wondered how many professional athletes take performance drugs? Well about one athlete out of every ten athletes have taken performance enhancing drugs sometime in their career. Athletes take these drugs to increase their level of play on the field or on the court. These athletes gain an unfair advantage on their opponents. Steroids are ruining sports all around the world‚ as they continue to attract people to these substances‚ but we can reduce the steroid use in sports if more severe penalties

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    Easy Way Out: Steroids in Professional Sports Today Throughout the history of athletics‚ accomplishments were greatly valued because of the time and effort put into achieving a goal. Whether it be catching a ball or holding a world record‚ accomplishments are a form of greatness. However‚ what we once considered an achievement‚ isn’t held with the same prestige today. In recent years‚ it has become far too easy to achieve and surpass greatness with the use of steroids. Steroids are illegal and

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    weather not to have steroids in sports‚ or to keep them away from all competition. However some athletes use steroids anyway to “get ahead” of the competition. These action can cause athletes being kicked out of a game or even all future competition. Some people ask “Why use steroids?” Some athletes use drugs‚ where they can train their bodies hard and then have their bodies recover fast. Different types of athletes use steroids in different ways depending on what sport the athlete is partaking in.

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