The amount of cases regarding steroid use and abuse has skyrocketed in the past ten or so years, most prevalent in athletes! Steroid use is illegal but those athletes who do decide to abuse them receive an unfair advantage over those who have made their progress legally and without the use of performance enhancing drugs. Very few efforts have been made to change this or decrease that number in the least way. Future laws and actions regarding steroid abuse should be strengthened and more enforced because of the effects steroids can have on the person(s) abusing them, the inadequate drug testing policies that are used as of now, and the amount of illegal and unfair circumstances where athletes abusing steroids have been caught.
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These effects can be drastic and sometimes irreversible, therefore more stricter policies need to be reinstated to prevent these effects from even happening. In an attempt to decrease the amount of cases regarding steroid use, and their side effects, various drug testing policies have been created to catch those who have used or abused steroids.
In professional and amateur sports, drug testing athletes has become more and more common. In the NCAA, participating athletes are required to sign a consent form granting rights to be drug tested at any given time under any suspicion. “The NCAA established its own drug testing program in 1986 and comprehensively tests for both illegal street drugs and performance- enhancing drugs” (Drugs and Tests). Among professional sports, policies are similar, but athletes are required to sign a CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement). One of the biggest disadvantages among professional sports is that there is no uniform guideline followed by professional leagues as a whole. Each league has their own separate policies and treatment plans. Because the number
of steroid cases of abusers has essentially remained the same in all walks, policies
So what is a steroid? …show more content…
These effects can be drastic and sometimes irreversible, therefore more stricter policies need to be reinstated to prevent these effects from even happening. In an attempt to decrease the amount of cases regarding steroid use, and their side effects, various drug testing policies have been created to catch those who have used or abused steroids.
In professional and amateur sports, drug testing athletes has become more and more common. In the NCAA, participating athletes are required to sign a consent form granting rights to be drug tested at any given time under any suspicion. “The NCAA established its own drug testing program in 1986 and comprehensively tests for both illegal street drugs and performance- enhancing drugs” (Drugs and Tests). Among professional sports, policies are similar, but athletes are required to sign a CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement). One of the biggest disadvantages among professional sports is that there is no uniform guideline followed by professional leagues as a whole. Each league has their own separate policies and treatment plans. Because the number
of steroid cases of abusers has essentially remained the same in all walks, policies