The Side Effects Of PED Use In Sports

Performance Enhancing Drugs have became a unfortunate constant problem in baseball. Hall of fame players such as Mike Piazza, Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire are just some of the names that used PEDs. Other notable players that have taken PEDS consist of Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, and Sammy Sosa. These substances have put a stain on baseball. There's a reason there is a era that is called the "steroid era"

I call Barry Bonds "The Fake Dinger King" because of the fact that he used those substances. If you look at him spanning from his years with the Pittsburg Pirates to the San Francisco Giants, his head became significant bigger than his body. That's one of the side effects of PED use. Some of the side effects of PED use include baldness, high blood pressure, and unusual aggressive behavior known as "roid rage". Infertility is also one of the side effects. These substances are not only damaging to you but it hurts you later in life. …show more content…
What he said shocked me. He said that PED use was prominent during his career at the D2 level. At the high school level, there was not as much PED use but there were kids using these substances. Going into the interview , I never would have thought high school kids would use these awful substances. As we were talking, I thought "Why would they use these things?" He also mentioned how one of the players using the PEDS got his NCAA eligibility taken away from him. Using PEDS is like running away from the cops. Sure you could get away with it for a while but eventually they will find out and you can't get away with