Steroids; should we bring them back into sports? As many as 500,000 teenagers have experimented with steroids and think that it is the only way to become a professional athlete (¨Do Teens Use¨). Steroids scientifically known as anabolic steroids is a man made hormone that helps tissue grow. Unfortunately, they are abused by athletes to make them stronger and faster, and have critical side effects which include stunting teenagers growth (¨Merriam-Webster¨). According to procon.org, those who support steroids in sports believe that steroids level the playing field in sports and when athletes use steroids the more spectators came to watch, and the sales flourished. Furthermore, advocates of steroids in sports strongly feel that steroids slow
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This event sparked a controversy because of Barry Bonds a star baseball player for the San Francisco Giants won the most home runs in a season, but was caught using steroids. It lead to people to think that it was cheating, and that he should be removed from the sport. Later, in 1988, Ben Johnson was stripped of his awards for abusing performance enhancing drugs. This event is important because Ben Johnson a Canadian sprinter in the Seoul, South Korea Olympic Games won a world record for the 100 meter sprint. He was then tested for drugs and it came back positive for steroids, and was immediately stripped from his medals. Another important milestone occurred in 1989 when swimmers were caught taking steroids to win in the Olympics. This key milestone added fuel to the controversy because the East German women swimmers won 11 gold medals because of doping (using steroids), which led to their coach going to jail for giving them drugs because it is illegal, but some people don't think it should be. More recently, in 2013 Lance Armstrong admitted to taking steroids for years. Because of this, he was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles because of the US Anti-Doping Agency that accused him of cheating in 2012. The main parties currently involved in the debate against the use of steroids in sports include the International Olympic Committee, professional
This event sparked a controversy because of Barry Bonds a star baseball player for the San Francisco Giants won the most home runs in a season, but was caught using steroids. It lead to people to think that it was cheating, and that he should be removed from the sport. Later, in 1988, Ben Johnson was stripped of his awards for abusing performance enhancing drugs. This event is important because Ben Johnson a Canadian sprinter in the Seoul, South Korea Olympic Games won a world record for the 100 meter sprint. He was then tested for drugs and it came back positive for steroids, and was immediately stripped from his medals. Another important milestone occurred in 1989 when swimmers were caught taking steroids to win in the Olympics. This key milestone added fuel to the controversy because the East German women swimmers won 11 gold medals because of doping (using steroids), which led to their coach going to jail for giving them drugs because it is illegal, but some people don't think it should be. More recently, in 2013 Lance Armstrong admitted to taking steroids for years. Because of this, he was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles because of the US Anti-Doping Agency that accused him of cheating in 2012. The main parties currently involved in the debate against the use of steroids in sports include the International Olympic Committee, professional