Steroid

performance-enhancing drugs (mainly anabolic steroids). The level of anabolic steroid use among young athletes exceeds use of any drugs other than alcohol, nicotine, or marijuana” (Kuhn,Wilson, & Swartzwelder 5). Steroids can provide athletic edge to their users; although they come with disadvantages, and overall they have a menacing effect to the sport as well as the user. Athletes at a professional level need to be under heavy enforcement of the steroid ban to prevent the younger kids from…

10-19-15 Brayan Camargo Cholesterol and Steroids What are cholesterol and steroids? Cholesterol is the most common type of steroid, a steroid is a lipid because they are hydrophobic which means that they dissolve in water. They are used for many purposes but these are the main things that we use cholesterol and steroids. "Understanding Cholesterol and Heart Health | NIH MedlinePlus the Magazine." U.S National Library of Medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine. Web. 20 Oct…

Steroids are similar to hormones in a person’s body. The body produces steroids naturally to support fighting stress and promoting growth and development. Anabolic steroids are artificially produced hormones. When taking these you mess up your hormones and can get side effects such as increase in stress. A good way to handle this is doing a stress realizing activity such as exercising. Anabolic steroids stimulate muscle tissue to grow and get bigger. When taking these it is important to…

Steroids first came onto the scene sometime around the 1930’s. Originally they were tested on dogs, and the progressively began to get tested on World War II soldiers. They also were used on war prisoners as an attempt to keep them healthy as they were suffering from being malnourished. Flash forward about twenty years, a great amount of European athletes realized that steroids were a vital tool when it came to reaching their athletic goals. This soon lead to a whole new wave of athletic records…

that God gave them and destroy them with steroids. Especially, athletes who are cheating and not playing fairly in their sports because, obviously if people want to be a cheaters people should do this. In the 1990's steroids gave to 18 deaths from steroids to the world. Imagine all the deaths from steroids today. Athletes should be punished for using drugs that enhance their strength. The reason why people should be punished because, people are using steroids and other people aren't causing an…

Invasion of Steroids into the Schools Growing up in a country that is absolutely infatuated with sports whose athletes rake in millions of endorsements to play games and from endorsements it isn’t a big surprise many children idolize them. Athletes often turn to steroids to help them further their athletic careers in an attempt to chase athletic fame and immortality without researching the effects that these drugs may have on them. Athletes should be informed of the dangers of…

Steroids have been around for years in the sports world. Recently more and more issues with them have occurred. They have been interfering with sport players performances and the fairness of the games. Many people think steroids in sports are an amazing thing to see and a beneficial drug. While, others see it as an unfair drug that takes away from the true game and athlete. Steroids have many negative side effects and they also have many positive sides effects. Some of these effects are…

wrong, others support the use of steroids to make the game more entertaining. Steroids are an organic compound used for muscle growth and development. They make you bigger, faster, and stronger. Using steroids is the fast track to gaining muscle without putting in as much work. If steroids would be permitted, many athletes would benefit from them stat wise. This was the case in baseball during the 1990s through 2005. This time period in baseball is known as “The Steroid Era”. Baseball popularity…

post-game interview after hitting his 756th career home run to beat the record previously held by Hank Aaron. Reactions to this were varied, as some stood up for Bonds, while others bashed him. Either way, the use of steroids is wrong. Athletes that are proven to have used steroids in their careers should be forced to forfeit their titles because they gain an unfair advantage, it is detrimental to their health, and it violates the rules. A statistician’s dream, baseball is a sport…

the interviewees brushed off any notion of adverse health effects they experienced as a result of using the steroids. They also seemed apathetic to the seriousness of legal punishments that were attached to the use and trafficking of what the federal government considers a Schedule III drug. Despite evidence of the negative effects of steroid usage, the chief concern held by recreational steroid users appeared to be the financial burden of obtaining the drugs. Both articles gave considerable…