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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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    Anabolic Steroids

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    The Effects of Anabolic Steroids Around three million adults use anabolic steroids in the United States and about 2.7-2.9 percent of those who are young adults have used steroids at least once during their lives. (Baker, Graham, Davies) Anabolic steroids are one of the three different types of steroids that also consist of corticosteroids and estrogenic steroids. Corticosteroids and estrogenic steroids are only beneficial for specific medical patients and have almost no abuse potential. (BE#9)…

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    is this big controversy over professional athletes using steroids and this is big because they shouldn’t allowed to be in professional sports but they have bans for people who use steroids and baseball they shouldn’t be allowed in the hall of fame or football, basketball are some sports that shouldn’t be allowed for their players to use steroids or to be allowed in the hall of fame. History of Controlled Substance The history of steroids is that they can be easily abused by teenagers and…

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    Welcome fellow students and teachers today I will be discussing the medical drug know as steroids in political anabolic steroids. This drug has many good uses but it can also be used in bad ways by bad people but not all are bad some have just lost there way like the baseball star Alex Rodriguez. He was not the only one to be found with drugs in his system in fact over 104 people where found but only Mr Rodriguez confessed which helped him lose jail time. So now that you now one of the famous…

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    The Virtue Of Steroids

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    athletes high up on pedestals. The truth of the matter is there is a disease that runs rampant through various sports and effects the health of athletes everywhere, this proclaimed disease is the use of steroids across many platforms of sports that threatens the existence of Americas great past times. Steroid cessation has become a prevalent problem for athletes all around, not only do other players influence each other into using them but there are stories of managers telling their players to…

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    Steroids Persuasive Essay

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    Steroids are substances that possess tissue-building qualities that speed up cellular processes. They are intended for medical use, aiding in treating many injuries, diseases, and ailments, but are often misused by athletes and people who would abuse steroids regenerative abilities. The substances most often used for athletic enhancement are anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroids enhance endurance, increase muscle development, and improve…

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    Steroid Pros

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    There are a lot of legal steroids and steroid alternatives on the market right now. It seems like you see advertisements for them all over social media and weight-loss websites. Of course, using steroids (at least in most cases) has been illegal for some time in the US/UK and many other countries. Doctors still prescribe them to treat certain conditions, but for the most part using them to ‘bulk up’ is not a feasible possibility for the average gym-goer. But now there might actually be an…

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    Essay On Steroids

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    Steroids and its Effect On Students and Athletes Steroids are a drug commonly used for medicinal purposes. Whether that purpose be hormonal imbalances or breast cancer, all drugs can be abused. For the past several years, body builders, abuse survivors, athletes, and people alike have been misusing steroids. This has lead to many physical problems as well as psychological. It’s creation was not a mistake, but what drove people to abuse this drug was not a simple “yes” or “no” decision.…

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    You’ll be seeing more and more serious heart problems, and worse, once these guys hit 40’ . . . he died in 2014 of complication related to steroid use (qtd. in Allen). It seems as if by taking PEDs, the cardiovascular problems will significantly decrease a person’s chances to live till an old age. Leal Herlitz, MD, studied the long-term ramifications of steroid abuse on the kidneys through ten bodybuilders, and he as well as other researchers concluded that the extra mass of the muscles causes…

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    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 in sports can face punishments and steroids negatively affect the body. First off,…

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