Why Professional Athletes Use Steroids?

There is something on the market that can make a person bigger, faster, and stronger. This drug has been around for a while but has been withheld from some of the most athletic people on the planet. Yes, there are side effects that accompany this drug, but a person will find that the benefits outweigh the negatives. This performance-enhancing drug is called steroids, and it is banned from almost all professional sporting events. Although there are health risks, steroids should be given to professional athletes because it helps the healing process which brings the players back quicker, steroids make the sport more interesting due to the increased strength and speed of the athletes, and steroids would bring in more money because people are more …show more content…
The risks however, associated with steroids are arguably lower than that of participating in the sport. Going out and playing football is way more dangerous than the effects of taking steroids. "Colliding against another human running at full speed is way more high risk than getting a little mad every once in a while due to ‘roid rage”’ (Millman et al). People are sliding down ice at speeds over eighty miles per hour with only a half inch of fiberglass beneath them, but apparently steroids are too dangerous for professional athletes to handle. There are side effects to taking steroids but there are also side effects for eating a Big Mac. If one takes the time to think about it, many drugs that are found in households across the country have side effects as well. If someone takes something as harmless as Tylenol, there could possibly be a side effect that occurs. Something that many Americans do everyday has the highest risk of all: death. Every day, people risk their lives when getting into an automobile; steroids are not nearly as dangerous. A player who is willing to put themselves in dangerous situations could be willing to take the anabolic steroid that is available to them. The players would not have to take the steroid if they did not want. It would not be required for athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs; the option would just be available. Only the people who wanted to heal or get an edge would take the drug. It is not like these distributors would give the athletes gallons of steroids at a time; trusted team doctors would monitor the usage of the steroids and make sure that too big of doses were not being used. “ Sports authorities could establish rules governing the dose and safe use of these and other drugs like those that set the strict parameters for size, weight and composition of skis, bobsleds, and other