Anabolic Steroids Research Paper

The use of performance enhancing drugs has major negative effects on families and society. Anabolic steroids use has been associated with increased aggression and violent behaviour. And although the association between anabolic steroid use and criminal behaviour is still unclear, a recent population-based study in Sweden found that people who had used anabolic steroids were more likely to have been convicted for a criminal offence (Sinko 2). The lack of social life for a steroid user can cause them to do many criminal or harassing things. Dr. Daniel J. DeNoon describes this very well with a description of what a low social life steroid abuser does.”Case reports and small studies indicate that anabolic steroids, when used in high doses, increase …show more content…
Many young athletes even try to model their own lives after their favorite ball player. Then with cases like Alex Rodrigez or Sammy Sosa their steroid abuse ruins their young followers dreams and makes them feel like the have been failed by their role model. The problem with taking steroids is that the people will forever remember it and will forever ruin their great reputation. Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa and even Mark McGwire had a very, very good chance at making it into the Hall of Fame but the people haven’t forgotten their mistake and simply didn’t give them the required vote to get inducted. Taking steroids not only may shatter an athlete’s career that they fought so hard to get to a certain point, it also puts a unhealthy strain on their body’s and most importantly ruins their reputation (HIrby 4). One famous baseball player, Mark McGwire, was a sure fire hall of famer. He was one of the greatest hitters to play the game. There was just on issue. Performance Enhancing Drugs. This is a little bit of information from DR. Elijah Cumming that sums up the start of McGwire’s downfall. “Mark McGwire, who thrilled the nation when he shattered Roger Maris' cherished single-year home run record in 1998, stonewalled throughout most of his testimony. Big Mac promised to do everything he could to rid the game of performance-enhancing drugs and to encourage kids not to use them, but repeatedly said that …show more content…
This is wrong. Steroids are illegal without a doctor’s prescription for one. The effects of steroids strongly outweighs the competitive edge you get from steroids. The mental state that one gets from the performance enhancing drugs is far worse than getting a better advantage over an opponent. Also steroids ruin athlete’s lives. The bad reputation along with the lasting problems of steroids is not worth the extra athletic ability steroids give you, only temporarily though. The Performance Enhancing Drugs used for athletics is very bad and can not be taken small. It is a very big