Steroid testing in baseball has become such a heated issue lately with many reasons why players should take steroids and why players should be tested. ... How much fun would it be if everyone hit home runs?" ... Port does make a concise point because it really would not be any fun watching home run after home run. ... All of this year's test results will be anonymous, simply showing the number of players in both leagues who tested positive. If 5 percent or fewer of all the major league players test positive under survey testing (in his new ...

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No longer is it to entertain or have fun but to win. ... Some sports don't test for it and others test for it but don't punish for using it. ... Professional hockey has different standards for which testing is done. They only test a player if they individual shows behavior reflecting that the substance by be being used. Also though once found guilty of using it in hockey you are only punished with a suspension for 3 games and no rehab or follow up test is administered. ...

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In the late 1930s, Anabolic steroids were developed to treat hypogonadism, a condition in which the testes do not produce sufficient testosterone for normal growth, development, and sexual functioning. ... "Abusers think that the different steroids interact to produce an effect on muscle size that is greater than the effects of each drug individually, a theory that has not been tested scientifically.""... The investigators discovered Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) a designer steroid hard to detect under normal testing. ...

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They are no longer played for the fun of the game, but for the love of the almighty dollar. ... Anabolic Steroids were developed in the late 1930's to treat hypogonadism, a condition in which the testes do not produce sufficient levels of testosterone for normal growth, development and sexual functioning. ... In some professional sports there is no testing for such substances as steroids. ...

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