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    Popularity of Steriods in Sports Examination of the Growing Popularity of Steriods in Sports Steroids or anabolic-androgenic steroids are a man made synthetic substance that increase and enhance the output of mal testosterone. They promote the growth of skeletal muscle but they have many side affects. Athletes and bodybuilders often use it as a way to quickly build muscle mass although its original purpose was to cure patients with an abnormally low amount of testosterone. Steroids can be taken orally

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    about steroid use by athletes and public figures. The director was trying to show show why steroids might not be as bad as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) portrays them to be. The director did this by showing how many people use it that are public figures and showing how the people in his life use them as well. The director was trying to prove to people that steroids could be like supplements‚ which are FDA approved. He claimed that the side effects that are portrayed for steroids were not

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    STEROIDS If a professional athlete is taking steroids‚ shouldn ’t he or she face major consequences? Even though steroids are already banned from the professional leagues‚ there must be a major consequence because athletes try to find a way to gain an edge to win. It also changes the speed of the game‚ and can cause major injury effects and death. “It is estimated that over 95 percent of all athletes in the NFL take steroids” (fitFLEX) Athletes using steroids on any other performing enhancing

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    STEROIDS INTRODUCTION Introductory Statement: The use of steroids can affect your life in so many ways and have many consequences on your regular life. As known by many people‚ the cons of steroid use are outweighed by the pros. We know that they make you stronger‚ bigger‚ faster‚ and also allow you to pass other athletes that are not in use of it. But is it really worth putting everything including your career in jeopardy? Preview Statement: Going in depth with the learning of steroids‚ we

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    prohibit athletes from using. The list include substances such as blood doping‚ and Performance Enchanced Drugs (PED). The main reason why athletes use illegal banned substances is due to the amount of pressure from the team and fans to win. Like stated earlier‚ countries rely on sporting events for their wealth‚ and if their athletes and teams

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    Jim Charpentier English 15 Argumentative Essay Steroids in the World of Sports                 During the 1930s‚ scientists discovered that anabolic steroids could help the growth of muscle in laboratory animals‚ which led to abuse of these drugs by bodybuilders and weightlifters and then by athletes in other sports.  Ever since the beginning of sports there has been different techniques used in order to gain an edge over opponents.  The question that has been most frequently asked is‚ which

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    Spring Research Paper In sports‚ athletes will do whatever it takes to gain the slight improvement over the competition. Unfortunately‚ many athletes unfortunately turn to PEDs‚ or Performance Enhancing Drugs‚ such as anabolic steroids or tetrahydrogestrinone. These energy level boosters are banned by most sports organization. Over the past 48 years‚ 64 Olympic athletes have lost their medals due to the use of banned substances. Over time‚ certain countries have had more athletes banned than others

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    With all the traditions that come with this time of year‚ there is one in particular that my friends and I have not celebrated since we started having kids and the holidays became all about them (thanks for ruining Christmas‚ kids). Every year‚ after the Rockefeller Center tree went up‚ we would gather as many of us as we could and venture into New York City. Some years we had as many as forty people; friends of friends added to the crowd. Our tradition was to first go down to Greenwich Village

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    Steroids Steroids became an option to athletes in the Olympics and other major sporting events during the 1950’s. But this use of steroids among athletes only became widely apparent when Canadian sprint runner Ben Johnson tested positive for steroid use after winning the gold medal for the one hundred-meter dash during the 1988 Olympics . Now a skinny fifteen-year-old can just walk down to the local gym and find people who either sell or know how to get in contact with those who sell the drug

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    Chemistry “Steroids” By: Giselle Güemes Verástegui Brenda Acosta Treviño BB: 01 09/05/12 Steroids‚ the common name for synthetic substances related to the male sex hormones‚ promote muscle growth and the development of male sexual characteristics. Steroids are legally only with a prescription. They are prescribed to treat conditions such as delayed puberty‚ some types of impotence‚ and body wasting in patients suffering from AIDS. Steroids are abused‚ often

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