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    Buying anabolic steroids is not easy as they are not available at your local GNC. You have to know someone who has access to steroids, the truth is it is not hard to spot them as they are the biggest, most muscular, developed and fat free athletes in every field, will they help you get them is another story. Dianabol and deca durabolin are the most sought for steroids as their risk to benefit ratio is probably one of the highest, they are also easiest to find and one of most effective. Anabolic…

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    Anabolic steroids were first discovered in the late 1930’s as a way to care for hypogonadim, a condition in which the testes do not produce sufficient testosterone for normal growth, development, and sexual functioning (Volkow, 2001). Since this time, anabolic steroid usage has been one of the most controversial topics in modern medicine. In the late 1930s, scientists learned that anabolic steroids could expedite the development of skeletal muscle in laboratory animals. Anabolic steroids are…

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    According to Diversion Control Division, about 1,084,000 or 0.5 percent of the adult population of America have admitted to using anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroids are chemical compounds that mimic the male sex hormone testosterone. People use anabolic steroids for muscle building and to improve athletic performance. Drugs and steroid should not be allowed in sports because families break up and financial securities dissolve because of steroids, people who are caught taking steroids while…

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    When you play sports you want to be all you can be and the best athlete you can be . Being the best can also come naturally, with training or with help . Steroids are biochemical lipids that are soluble. Steroids are found naturally in human body as Progesterone, Estrogen, Cortisol, and testosterone. Steroids today are made for helping people with there everyday diets. Steroids can be put into two categorizes anabolic and androgenic. Anabolic steroids used by swallowing pills or…

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    Steroids Should Not Be Used By Athletes “I have been using steroids so that I can make myself better. I want to apologize for all of this, and I am sorry for disappointing you all in so many ways." (“Jones Admits to Steroid Use” Gale, Opposing Viewpoints). Marion Jones admitted this before the Athens Olympics in 2000. Imagine being the person who had to admit to the whole world on national television that he/she cheated in a sport. People should not use steroids because they are not good for the…

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    Steroids In Sports

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    In life people strive to be the absolute best they can be, especially when it comes to sports. In the recent years, many athletes have been caught using steroids all around the world. When an athlete uses performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) they are usually a well-known athlete. Therefore, the utilization of PEDs is becoming more prevalent. Now, when an athlete is succeeding in their sport, it causes the assumption of drug use to arise (Scott). Some athletes accomplish their goals and dreams by…

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    According to Taylor Hooton Foundation, four bodybuilders in Pakistan have died in the last 17 days due to consumption of illegal steroids. The same medication that can treat a person for a certain condition could cause their death if used wrongly. Steroids are very dangerous drugs that if abused can cause serious health problems in the user. Steroids are prescribed for people suffering from asthma, loss of muscle mass and many other conditions, however, athletes and many others abuse it for…

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    What is the main thing that experiences your head when you consider steroids? Barry Bonds, Hulk Hogan, or Lance Armstrong? Possibly "conning" rings a bell. You may think about the ugly back skin inflammation or the notorious "roid run" that accompanies steroid utilize. Steroids have dependably been given a terrible notoriety as an "unsafe" and "unjustifiable" medication on the grounds that each couple of years a popular and fruitful competitor gets found utilizing them and the media butchers…

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    What is a drug? A drug is anything that is administered in the body that alters the body 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…

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    “The question became do you take drugs to try to win or do you content yourself with losing forever by staying away from them?” (Charlie Francis, Reputations: The Ben Johnson Story) In Sports, each athlete has one similar goal; to be the best. This is where the introduction of performance enhancers become an issue as it’s an easy shortcut to certain success, which makes them even more of a temptation. Doping is a drug intake of banned substance to improve their results. Would you take the risky…

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