Steroids and Performing-Enhancing Drugs
Performance-enhancing drugs are used in sports to give the player an advantage over the other players. There have been many professional athletes that have been caught using performance-enhancing drugs. Many players are caught when a drug test is administered. Professional sports leagues have introduced a random drug test so athletes that do drugs cannot prepare for the test. Performance-enhancing drugs are banned in sports and if a player is caught using these drugs they might be banned or kicked out of the league. Drug use in professional sports is illegal, but the consequences are not strict enough.
The professional leagues have implemented random drug testing. This has helped lower the rate of people that use performance-enhancing drugs. By randomly holding drug tests, those that use the drugs do not know when the drug test is. This means that the athlete cannot prepare for the drug test. Steroids are the most common drug used in professional sports. Most athletes fear the random drug test because they do not want to get caught. Steroids enhance muscle and strength. Steroids build up muscle which causes them to get stronger and enhance the player's abilities. In baseball …show more content…
If you take steroids there is a very good chance they will be used again. When steroids are taken, muscle is gained and strength is increased. The body is tricked into thinking it needs to have more of the steroids. “An undetermined percentage of steroid abusers may become addicted to the drugs, as evidenced by their continued abuse despite physical problems and negative effects on social relations. Also, steroid abusers typically spend large amounts of time and money obtaining the drugs, which is another indication that they may be addicted.” (Anabolic 1) The human body thinks that it needs the steroids to survive causing a person to take more and more. The more that is taken the higher the chance of health
Performance-enhancing drugs are used in sports to give the player an advantage over the other players. There have been many professional athletes that have been caught using performance-enhancing drugs. Many players are caught when a drug test is administered. Professional sports leagues have introduced a random drug test so athletes that do drugs cannot prepare for the test. Performance-enhancing drugs are banned in sports and if a player is caught using these drugs they might be banned or kicked out of the league. Drug use in professional sports is illegal, but the consequences are not strict enough.
The professional leagues have implemented random drug testing. This has helped lower the rate of people that use performance-enhancing drugs. By randomly holding drug tests, those that use the drugs do not know when the drug test is. This means that the athlete cannot prepare for the drug test. Steroids are the most common drug used in professional sports. Most athletes fear the random drug test because they do not want to get caught. Steroids enhance muscle and strength. Steroids build up muscle which causes them to get stronger and enhance the player's abilities. In baseball …show more content…
If you take steroids there is a very good chance they will be used again. When steroids are taken, muscle is gained and strength is increased. The body is tricked into thinking it needs to have more of the steroids. “An undetermined percentage of steroid abusers may become addicted to the drugs, as evidenced by their continued abuse despite physical problems and negative effects on social relations. Also, steroid abusers typically spend large amounts of time and money obtaining the drugs, which is another indication that they may be addicted.” (Anabolic 1) The human body thinks that it needs the steroids to survive causing a person to take more and more. The more that is taken the higher the chance of health