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    physically or psychologically (not including food and water.) Steroids are the most popular drug used in sports but almost all drugs (other than drugs prescribed to help you) have several negative effects on your health. Steroids are drugs used to enhance performance mostly in athletics. Another type of this drug is anabolic steroids. The reason these drugs are so popular is because it makes the body stronger and more muscular. Although steroids are already dangerous for adults they are more…

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    I have always been curious about anabolic steroids and what effects they might have combined with my weightlifting. Despite looking at the negative side of anabolic steroids, I figured I would do some research to find out what could possibly happen to my body if I ever took them. All I knew about them prior to this research was the external effects they had on the human body such as increased muscle growth and acne. Upon my research, I found that anabolic steroids do much more bad than good when…

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    secret that androgens and anabolic steroids are popular and are becoming more prevalent in today’s society. Due to the desire to win, athletes are striving to be better. When athletes reach their full potential, they have to find a way to get even better before they get passed by a younger athlete with more potential or talent. Athletes have found anabolic steroids to help them achieve greatness that way they can receive the recognition they think they deserve. Although steroids may have many…

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    Chemistry in Context textbook, steroids are a class of naturally occurring or synthetic fat-soluble organic compounds that share a common carbon skeleton arranged in four rings. It states that no other group of chemicals is more controversial because their common uses range from contraception to vanity promoters. Even though steroids have many different purposes, they are related in that their molecular framework consist of 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings. Some steroids can be helpful…

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    Steroids, the popular name for synthetic substances related to the male hormones, promote muscle growth and the development of male characteristics. Steroid is a terpenoid lipid characterized by a carbon skeleton with four fused rings, generally arranged in a 6-6-6-5 fashion. Anabolic steroids also have androgenic and virilizing properties, including the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics such as the growth of the vocal cords and body hair.Anabolic steroids were developed…

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    human body and unfair to the athletes that do not take them. Any steroids should not be taken unless a doctor has prescribed them. Steroids are harmful for the human body. Anabolic steroids have many effects on the human body. Some side effects include: acne, baldness, and voice changes. Females have side effects too, they get a deeper voice and their breasts reduce in size. People say that sports are more dangerous than taking steroids, yet we continue to play them. The deaths are 50 times…

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    when I think of steroids I think of an image. You have the advantage over someone, which is a form of cheating. I guess it wouldn't be right unless it was legal for everybody. The reason it's not legal for everybody is because it can hurt people seriously.” (Evander Holyfield). Misconceptions about steroids are very common, people think that if they take steroids then they are assured prosperity and that's just not the case. Without a doctor's endorsement for a prescription of steroids, it is…

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    Anabolic Steroids are very dangerous drugs that can cause many types of cancer and can even lead to death. They are used in many immoral ways and mostly used to cheat in sports because they enable a person to have more power and strength. This drug causes major problems in a person's life, which can also affect their close and loved ones. These reasons prove that Anabolic Steroids should not be distributed at all in the USA. Anabolic Steroids can be very harmful to a person's body. They can…

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    History of steroids in bodybuilding The use of steroids, and performance enhancing drugs in general, in worldwide sport is usually dated back to a certain John Bosley Ziegler, a physician for the United States weightlifting team. Meeting his Russian equivalent, they discussed diets and Ziegler was told that the Russian team were being given testosterone. Ziegler experimented himself, and although finding some success with anabolic steroids, he was unsuccessful in his attempts to discover a…

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    Athletes Using Anabolic Steroids Since the 1956 Olympics, anabolic steroids have become one of the most popular performance-enhancing drugs for athletes of all ages (“Anabolic Steroids”). Steroids are a mixture of compounds that include an important hormone called testosterone (Zelman). When steroids are taken, the individual who took them then has an abundance of that certain hormone. Some feel as though competition is being cheated by the use of steroids in sports because others have a higher…

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