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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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    Source 5: “How steroids can affect teenage development” (Destinations, 2015) Steroids are used to improve athletic performance and muscle size, but there are negative effects that come with these results. It can affect your brains limbic system which is responsible for mood control; it can also lead to paranoia. Steroid use can have a negative impact on your sexual health due to the hormonal changes these drugs cause. While using steroids can make your muscles bigger, it can also affect your…

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    Steroid use in athletics has become a serious problem in the fairness of current competitions. The use of steroids was banned from the Olympics in 1976, yet millions of athletes and bodybuilders use these illegal substances in order to gain a competitive edge. Along with the obvious benefits of using anabolic steroids, there are very serious health risks that should be known by potential users. There are many motives and methods for taking steroids. There has been a long history of steroid…

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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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    In the article “Let Steroids into the Hall of Fame,” by Zev Chafets the author strongly supports the use of steroids in baseball. The overall theme of the story illustrates the concept of steroids shaping the way we know baseball today, with it’s concerning influence on the youth who view players as their role models. The author begins with the background history on steroids in baseball and supports the claim that players have altered the game since the beginning, as many of the famous players…

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    edited was Wilson Lee. The topic he was arguing over was bodybuilding and steroid use. He states that today people use steroids in bodybuilding today and it is ruining the sport, causing death, and giving the builders bad temptations He was against the use of steroids as it harms the human body and removes the competition of bodybuilding. He states that steroids have landed the bodybuilding profession into infamy due to steroids and drugs. The thesis statement is somewhat clear but needs to be…

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    the grass for me i'll do anything? Then finally after 20 minutes of asking he says yes. Then your mom sees that you've mowed the grass and she takes you out to get your Ice cream. This is a perfect example of Professional Athletes that have used steroids to better their game. Now you might be wondering what does mowing the grass have anything to do with professional Athletes? We'll hear me out. Let's say a professional athlete is on his decline he's no longer the player that he use to be.…

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    would allow them to win every event they entered for five years” (Mumford). The mindset of the athletes who said this is just wrong, using these dangerous substances to win is just wrong and it is not a true win. If you have to use a supplement like steroids to make yourself stronger should never be allowed. Performance enhancing substances should not be permitted in sports. Using a substance to make yourself better than others is definitely dangerous, but also very immoral. Using performance…

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    enhancing drugs to help keep the it fair between the athletes. In the first olympics played, performance enhancing drugs were being used by the Greeks to help them win. Major league baseball, one of the major companies trying to change it, banned steroids (a PED) in 1991 as a way to keep the players equal. A multitude of people may think that it is okay for athletes to use performance enhancing drugs, it has been found out that it brings unfair advantage to those using them, while putting them…

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    Steroids have brought more attention to professional sports, making athletes bigger and better leading those sports to be more exiting, bringing in more fans to sporting venues, while increasing revenue with ticket and jersey sales. What do the people want? Spectators want sports to be more competitive and exiting. So why are their unlawful limitations on players getting their body's into tip top shape however they can? There are unfair rules set down by the professional leagues, limiting…

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