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Performance enhancing drugs in sport has always been a very controversial topic. Some believe that athletes should use drugs to be the best they can be, while others believe that athletes should be fair and have good spirit. Although both are good arguments, it is obvious that it is not okay to use drugs in sport. So many people would cheat and use performance enhancing drugs to be the best, endangering both themselves and others. More drugs would be created and sold, ones that could have…

Anabolic steroids are synthetic drugs that act like the male sex hormone called testosterone. Steroids can be taken in many ways. For example, orally, applied with a patch, with a cream, or injected. Anabolic steroids can build muscles at a rapid speed. Many doctors prescribe anabolic steroids to patients with serious diseases, such as AIDS. These patients tend to lose muscle mass due to their diseases. Although steroids promote muscle growth and provide a major advantage in athletic…

Usain Bolt, one of Jamaica’s star athletes, was stripped of one of his well deserved gold medals in June 2016 from the 2008 Olympic Games because one of his teammates tested positive for a banned substance. After a retesting of urine samples, fellow runner, Nesta Carter, was found guilty of abusing methylhexaneamine during the games. In a CNN article written in 2017, Lewis describes Usain Bolt’s reaction to the International Olympic Committee’s decision to disqualify the Jamaican team from the…

Steroid Legalization Recent evidence suggests that there may be over 3,000,000 regular anabolic steroid users in the United States (Taylor 1). Although this statistic may seem shocking, steroids are found in more things than people expect. For example, doctors prescribe forms of steroids for patients with skin conditions such as eczema and rashes. According to healthofchildren, anabolic steroids are defined as compounds, derived from testosterone, which promotes tissue growth and repair.…

Injectable steroids Recently, injectable steroids are becoming increasingly popular among athletes around the globe. Yet it must be recognized that many people don't like to buy injectable steroids online, as they hate everything related to injecting; therefore, most of them prefer to use steroids in the form of tablets. However, in spite of a lot of noise around injectable steroids, they are upping their game and today they've found their place under the sun even in the big sports. If in…

The UFC’s anti-doping policy appears to be doing what it set out to do, clean up the sport. The first step in this process is catching and punishing dirty fighters. So far, it appears to be pretty successful. First were a few fighters that didn’t pass the eye test, that is, just looking at the fighter’s physic raised the suspicion of PED use: Hector Lombard, Yoel Romero, Gleison Tibau. Although Tibau and Romero still claim their innocence, few likely believe them. The most recent fighter to…

• Hot flashes • Headache Zoladex Treatment For Prostate Cancer In Men Prostate cancer affects men and Zoladex is used to manage it. During the use of Zoladex, you have to be prepared for Zoladex side effects prostate cancer which is similar to Zoladex side effects endometriosis. In men, testosterone supports cancer cells to grow. When Zoladex is taken by a man, the testosterone levels declines significantly, this prevents prostate cancer from spreading and the cancer cells shrink.…

Student athletes should just say “No!” People who take and use steroids can have serious side effects. For instance males can develop things such as breasts, shrinking of testicals, infertility, and male pattern baldness, and heart/liver problems. On the other hand women can develop things such as excessive growing of body hair and male pattern baldness, and heart/ liver problems . All student athletes should be drug tested before they are allowed to play sports because drug tests prevent…

The use of enhancement drugs in sports has always been a debated topic of whether it is safe and fair for athletes. In Savulescu’s article, “Why we should allow performance enhancing drugs in sport”, he argues that enhancement drugs in sports is not a safety issue as long as the there is a limit to the enhancements. Savulescu proposed that as long as the level of enhancement is regulated then there is no danger put onto the athlete. In William Saletan’s article, “The Beam in Your Eyes”, he…

When someone mentions “steroids”, how do people respond to it? Some people will argue that steroids are very harmful to an individual. Some say they may even cause death. But some select individuals say “now just wait a second, are they really that harmful?” Through the film Bigger, Stronger, Faster, director Chris Bell tackles that question effectively in the stance that they are a lot less harmful than the media portrays them to be. By using multiple renowned doctors and writers, Chris Bell…