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    Morgan Thad says, “Positive steroid tests result in a 50-game suspension for a first offense, a 100-game suspension for a second offense and a full season for a third offense” (Morgan). Also, in other sports such as football, soccer, track & field, all performance-enhancing drugs and…

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    Drugs and sports the reason they use some drugs is cause they want to get buff aka muscle growth. See doping is used for the muscle growth, which you shouldn’t use because if you use it to much it could mess you body up. Steroids are the drugs you need to stay away from because you will want to keep on using it and then you will get to big and that is not good. A Lot of banned substances and procedures were originally developed to help people with diseases such as leukemia. The ACC has…

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    Article Review 1 For the first article review of the semester I read Chris Smith’s “Why lt's Time To Legalize Steroids In Professional Sports”. Within this article Smith insists that using performance enhancing drugs, steroids, and doping should be made legal by sports leagues because many athletes have and are currently taking them so by making the use of these treatments lawful it will level out the playing field among athletes. Smith also says that “Not only would the playing field suddenly…

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    Anabolic Steroids Should be Banned The use of Steroids in the sports world is not new in present times, these Anabolic and Androgenic Steroids are accurately belonging to a group know Performance-Enhancing drugs; which is so commonly used by athletes. An Anabolic Steroid hormone is the growth of muscles and bone mass that occur during puberty and covert boys into men. In the sports world many athletes use Anabolic Steroids to reach optimal performances and advantage in their sports. Anabolic…

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    from the sport. Steroid abuse is a common problem in athletes no matter what level they are playing at. There are many kinds of steroids and all can have an effect on the body. Not only does it hurt their body, athletes also face other consequences from taking these steroids. Steroids can be used in several different ways. “Some are taken orally; others are injected intramuscularly; and a few are contained in creams and gels that are rubbed into the skin” but injected steroids are the most…

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    000 of American have used Anabolic Steroid. More than 50% are high school athletes. Although steroid can enhance your performance; by building, muscle mass, fast recovery, speed, and resistance (Health Research Funding). Anabolic steroid is the most dangerous drug for athletes to take. Anabolic Steroid is full of side effects; Impulses “Roid Rage”, Have their testicle shrink, heart attack, and liver cancer. Steroid user increases their impulses. Steroids are a drug, that after taking…

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    Why Athletes Use Steroids?

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    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 boost…

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    caught using steroids, reported by bloomberg view dom. Those numbers are just the players that got caught using steroids, not the ones who abused the system and didn’t get caught. This is not surprising considering that 5% of high school boys that play baseball use steroids, according to marie.gov. Steroids give professional baseball players an unfair advantage against those who don't use them. Steroids make bigger, stronger, faster muscles, thus it is considered cheating in MLB. Steroid use can…

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    aid in improving their performance. Androgenic anabolic steroids are what athletes have turned to in order to perform at a higher level in their sport or to improve their body composition. For many years, steroids were abused solely by professional athletes and elite bodybuilders. However, over time this use has spread to recreational athletes and has found its way into high schools across the country. This growing epidemic of anabolic steroid use has inspired a closer look into these…

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    Anabolic Steroids are mostly artificial forms of hormones that are used to increase strength and weight (Yesalis). Steroids have been used by competitors throughout history to gain an advantage over their opponents (Should). According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), doping is defined as “the administration of or use by a competing athlete of any substance foreign to the body or of any physiological substance taken in abnormal quantity or taken by an abnormal route of entry into the…

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