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    Anabolic Steroid Analysis

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    Steroids are performing enhancing drugs that have a negative connotation associated with them. They are known for preventing athletes from competing in various competitions, ending athlete’s careers, and have resulted in numerous deaths. When used incorrectly steroids can be harmful to an athlete’s body and can effect their mindset negatively. However, when used properly and in a controlled manner steroids can be exceedingly beneficial for all athletes. If steroids became legalized, sports would…

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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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    Anabolic Steroids

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    Steroids are the next generation of cancer treatment but, not exactly the type of steroids you are probably thinking of. In fact, most people do not know that there are actually two different types of steroids available. Perhaps the most infamous kind would be the anabolic steroids. These steroids are illegally used among many males and females in the hopes of gaining an “unnatural” amount of muscle and come with a wide range of side effects. Androgenic steroids on the other hand are…

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    Drugs In Sports History

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    History of Drugs in the Olympics Drug use in sports has been suspected to have existed since the Roman times in which Gladiators would be given stimulants to stop fatigue and even their horses would be given hydromel, a substance which would enable them to run faster (Ramlan Abdul Aziz,2006). However the first documented case of drugs and stimulants being used in sports wasn’t until 1904 when marathon runner, Thomas Hicks, was injected twice with a substance called Strychnine, which is more…

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    Introduction A selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) in (INSERTCITY, INSERTSTATE) is a natural alternative to steroid bodybuilding shots that have high levels of testosterone in them. It can be taken in a capsule form for easy consumption, but sometimes it is also given in the form of an injection. And it is a completely legal supplement that doesn 't require a doctor 's approval to buy it. Products containing it have high levels of androgen that link androgen receptors together. So in…

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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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