Introduction: Steroids in professional sports are used by many players or were used by current or former players. Members of organizations have either been caught with them during their careers or after their careers. There are many types of Performance enhancing drugs such as stimulants, muscle relaxers, injections and pills. Steroids has made sports seem as if they are just playing to be good and not playing for the fun and love of the game. They argue against policies that are established to get away with the little things such as one game or one title. Steroids are considered illegal contraband and if you are caught with them there is very high consequences that you must face for …show more content…
Players take Steroids at much higher doses than the doctors give them for their injury or medical problems. Banned substances are much more popular than candy and are often called greenies or magical beans( Richman ).
Many players rely on steroids in order to play the game. They are either too tired or too sore that they need stimulants. With that reliance on them many players are unable to focus playing the sport that they are involved in and are unable to perform at their highest peak because of it( Richman).
Steroids have many side effects on your body. They include baldness, high blood pressure, acne, deepened voice. Steroids also can affect your internal organs as well as your body appearance. They can also affect your body to an extreme as of death or risk of death as well( Mayo Clinic Staff pg 1).
The gains of athletic performance come with a price, the side effects include mood swings feelings of depression and aggression which is known as roid …show more content…
That is not actually true because there has been no studies or research that show that steroids makes you play better or at a higher level (Lardon pg. 61)
The one main argument about using steroids in professional sports is that they use them for sports nutrition. Blood doping is one of the many ways that they are arguing against and that they are trying to make legal in many professional leagues. Many players are arguing against league policies and are saying that steroids are a nutrient that they need and have to use. Many steroids increase the strength and mass of muscles. Bones can also be strengthened, some blunt pain, help you lose weight and make you perform faster and quicker( Richman).
Consumers are persons with the most physical activity that age from eighteen to thirty-four. The dedicated bodybuilders and fitness fanatics were the highest consumer of anabolic steroids. Professional athletes are now the highest percentage of steroid consumers. The older you get the more reliable steroids are in order to play the game, But when you get older there is more consequences and it is a more life threatening situation. The older your body is the more susceptible you are to get cancers and diseases from taking banned substances(