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    or education on the subject steroids because they are seen as immoral and have a negative stigma associated with them? This topic is becoming an extreme ethical issue because of the health risks it poses to users and as well as individuals who do not use. Everyday more and more people are being exposed to steroids without having the proper knowledge to make an educated and well informed decision on whether or not to use them. There are two different types of steroids and the both perform…

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    Performance enhancing drugs cause heart problems, deformities, and sometimes death. Steroids are just one type of the dangerous PEDs the world has. Steroids can be anabolic, produces muscle growth, or synthetic, man made (Mayo Clinic Staff). Anabolic effects in men include forming breasts, baldness, shrunken testicles, infertility, impotence, and many more that can be serious and lead to cancer (Mayo Clinic Staff). Anabolic effects in women include a deeper voice, increased body hair, baldness,…

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    to constantly about the harmful effects of marijuana, cocaine, meth, and alcohol, but throughout my years of education, I have never once been spoken too about the negative effects of steroid use and abuse. Anabolic steroids are one of the most misconceived and misunderstood drugs in human history. Anabolic steroids are extremely dangerous for young men and women to use. They also create an unfair playing field for those athletes who want to compete but don’t want to risk their future health by…

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    How widespread is the use of steroids? In today’s time many people are constantly looking for ways to excel in sports or perform better in their normal jobs. Furthermore, we live in a society where people are judge by their physical appearance. The trend of performance enhancing drugs like anabolic steroids and corticosteroids has been increasing in use to achieve some of these goals. People still abuse steroids despite the illegality of steroids and also how steroids are band by multiple sports…

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    controversial than the Steroid Era in Major League Baseball. Major League Baseball in the 1990’s became big. This was when baseball became a hitter’s game. The players got bigger, but how? The home runs increased, but how? Steroids. There have been players that have used supplements to enhance their performance since 1889. They were legal in the MLB until 1991. There are many kinds of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) that the MLB players could have used, drugs such as anabolic steroids, Human…

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    media and the public health systems haven given steroids an undeserved bad reputation. A well-informed and well-educated person is capable of making the decision to take anabolic steroids, and does not need the interference of our government to tell them otherwise. Steroids have been included with category III drugs, such as LSD, since the early 1990’s with no documented proof that they cause any type of injury or death. It is said that steroid laws are the only laws currently on record today…

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    Why Athletes Use Steroids?

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    illegal to take anabolic steroids and in other countries it is illegal to sell them without a doctor’s prescription.(Fitzhugh) “In 1886 a welsh cyclist is reputed to have died after drinking a blend of cocaine, caffeine and strychnine”(Morgan,Homfray)after .Doping in sports is bad because it negatively affects an individual’s health, can cause dangerous behaviors, and can impact an athlete’s ability to compete. Athletes take steroids to try to…

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    Performance Enhancing Drugs in Professional Sports? David Wells, a well-known pitcher, who had played in the MLB (Major League Baseball) for 20 years stated, “There are guys in the game only because of steroids. They couldn 't make it with their natural talent, so they had to enhance themselves…” The use of performance enhancing drugs, also referred to as doping, is a highly-debated topic in sports. Athletes have been using drugs since the first Olympic games in ancient Greece. But due to…

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    Remember that muscle building and increasing strength require anabolic activity. Legal steroids provide such an activity and enable you to achieve your muscle building goals fast and effectively. A steroid is a chemical substance made from cholesterol. Anabolic steroids are derived from testosterone and build up tissue. They build bone and muscle mass mainly by simulating bone and muscle cells to make new protein. Sportspeople use anabolic steroids because they boost muscle growth, increase…

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    have all been example of steroid consumption to many teens. Over the recent years amazing athletes have upgraded their game due to utilizing steroids and have paved the road for young athletes. In fact, there has been disappointment among many high school stars for they are victims of anabolic steroids. Its important to realize that steroids come in different forms of consumption: pills, needle shots or fluid. Over the recent years there has been an uprising of steroid usage among young…

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