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    to other athletes because it’s basically cheating. “Performance enhancers, like steroids and other forms of doping, have a negative effect on long-term health. For than users of these enhancers are hurting themselves in the long run without on the average improving their short-term rewards from athletic competition, as long as competitors also use harmful enhancers. This is the main rationale for trying to ban steroids and other forms of doping from athletic competitions" ( Gary Becker).…

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    advantage. The Nazi’s during World War Two “used testosterone in the 1930s and in World War II to increase the strength and aggressiveness of soldiers and similarly found that amphetamines helped overcome fatigue during combat.”(Jost) Ever since then steroids and testosterone have spread to sports until the athletes started to get punished for using these drugs. One being…

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    Jones,"This is true but doing so on a professional level is illegal. Furthermore, all of these things you mentioned are unhealthily and strenuous on the athlete's body beyond what is the safe steroid cause mood swings blood doping can lead to clots and transfer diseases and growth hormone use in people who do not need them leads to high blood pressure type 2 diabetics also their names are tarnished " John Doe,"Yes you are correct this is…

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    What is testosterone? Testosterone is the basic male or sex hormone in men produced by the testes that performs and maintains various body functions e.g. muscle mass and strength. It encourages the development of male sexual characteristics (penis growth, muscle development and Masculine features), fat distribution; bone mass, sperm production, sex drive, and potency. For these characteristic functions, testosterone is also known as "Male Hormone". Testosterone is also the most potent of the…

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    Steroid use for high school sports can have many negative affects on your body, that people don’t realize. The human body reacts differently to different things. People take steroids to help their performance in sports. They may also take them to enlarge their muscles. What they don’t know is that it has more than just positive effects. They are too caught up in their appearance to even realize all of the side effects it can put out. Males are proven to take most of the blame for the use of…

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    Steroids have always been a negative influence in sports,but what if they didn’t have to be? Studies have shown that spectators enjoy watching athletes play at a higher level. Professional athletes should be allowed to use performance enhancing drugs because spectators are paying to see an athlete perform at their very best, the most entertaining and the most competitive. As a viewer you are paying to see an athlete perform at their respected sport, meaning they should be able to perform at…

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    What African-American Women Need to Know About Facial Hair When it comes to facial hair, black women can follow and perform the same hair removal techniques as other women to help get rid of unattractive facial hair. Although African-Americans can undergo the same treatments, black women are often influenced by how much facial hair they have as well as where it is located. Some unwanted hair can be treated using home remedies. However, if you have thicker and more extensive facial hair, you may…

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    Banning Steroids

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    investigation experienced significant improvements during the time officials suspected them of using steroids (Kakutani 1). If steroids work, athletes are given an even stronger incentive to use them. For this reason, as well as many others, a strict ban policy is crucial. First of all, enforcing a harsh penalty would help protect the athletes from the attractiveness of using steroids. If steroid use was not treated as just a minor infraction, but instead received a serious punishment, athletes…

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    Do Athletes Use Steroids

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    drugs. One of the most frequent questions asked, and being talked about was if the professional athletes that were using performance enhancing drugs would that be concerted illegal. The fans were asking if it should be illegal for the athletes to use steroids as well. Two out of every three sports fans would agree with the professional athletes that there needs to be a more leeway towards drugs. Even though thirty…

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    Pros Of Steroids

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    been brought up to minimize the number of athlete’s usage of these drugs to heighten their performance. For example, the Olympics represent this strategy all the way. If any Olympic athlete/competitor is tested positive or admits for the usage of steroids, they can have their medals won stripped from them or disqualified from all their competitions. There was a well-known instance where a sprinter, Ben Johnson, won a gold medal in the 100-meter dash but shortly after was denounced as the…

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