Much dispute has developed dealing with whether steroids should be permissible for performance enhancement. There is no reason that a ban on steroid use should exist. Steroids, like many other drugs are used solely to enhance the body's appearance or performance, something that is entirely ethical. If someone is not happy with their body and using steroids to gain muscle is their way of increasing confidence they why shouldn't they be allowed to use steroids? Cosmetic surgery alters someone's body, and that is legal. Someone opposing steroids cannot use the foundation that there are critical side effects of steroids because research has not proven this. Steroids with or without a ban will exist and it is the person's freedom of choice to decide whether or not to take steroids. When steroids are affiliated with sports there is a lot of pressure coming from family and coaches that steroids is sometimes unavoidable. The testing done with athletics is not foolproof therefore should not be allowed. .
Regardless if steroids are legal or not they are still going to subsist in the world. Athletes who are not resorting to steroids are not doing it because of the legality; they are not taking steroids because that was their choice. If steroids were made legal not every athlete would be jumping to the opportunity to take them. They have the opportunity, steroid use is an everyday act for some major sports teams and steroids are very accessible, if through a friend, teammate, or even a coach. Reasons for people to take steroids vary and none should be considered illegitimate. "80% of male track and field Olympic athletes have used steroids. 30% of college basketball players used them. In 1990, 75% of the NFL used steroids on a regular basis."(Drugs And Sports, Gail. B Stewart) Within these teams, it is very easy for someone to access steroids. .
If someone has extremely low self-confidence about their body who is it to say that one can't take certain measures to improve their looks? Why are steroids so condemned? According to Paul Goldstein, the chief investigator of business weekly, individuals from all walks of life have admitted to the use of steroids.
Caminiti started using steroids the year he won the MVP. ... Like Caminiti, Canseco also used steroids. ... Charles Yesalis a Penn State professor, and an expert on the use of steroid use. ... With the bigger players come suspicion of steroid use. ... Steroid use is a domino effect. ...
All these homeruns were hit without the use of performance enhancing drugs, also known as steroids. ... Steroid use in a younger generation of baseball players is possibly the worst choice they can make. ... However, the upside of steroid use is plentiful too. ... Basically, the use of anabolic steroids in the 30's was to fix any male sex organ problems. However, many problems do occur from using anabolic steroids, such as HGH, also known as, Human Growth Hormone. ...
Caminiti started using steroids the year he won the MVP. ... Like Caminiti, Canseco also used steroids. ... Charles Yesalis a Penn State professor, and an expert on the use of steroid use. ... With the bigger players come suspicion of steroid use. ... Steroid use is a domino effect. ...
There are many things that need to be discussed on the use of steroids. ... Of the most popular sports in the steroids field. body building is the most known for the use of steroids. Many body builders on the professional circuit today uses steroids Most only use steroids for the better look in the end as well as they use them because they want equality of all the others. ... Why are people using steroids if they know what the harms are? ... The pros of using steroids. ...
Is Steroid Use Worth The Risk? ... Anyone caught using steroids, the public sees these people as cheaters and as people who are not willing to do things "the hard way." ... The reality is, there are several players Major League Baseball, the NBA and the NFL that got there by using steroids. Teenagers are using steroids more than ever today, and this is becoming a big problem. ... But steroid use continues to rise among youngsters because they feel that they can get the same results as the adults. ...
Many other sports test their athlete for steroid use. ... Although it seems like a good plan to penalize the athletes for using steroids it really is not, because all this does is temporarily lessen the use, nothing more. ... Steroids are commonly used in the medical world for many ailments and injuries. ... Brian Bozworth, a well-known college football player, is also remembered for his steroid use during his college days Another well remembered football player that struggled with steroid use was Lyle Alzado. ... Alzado used the steroids secretly during his career to help him achiev...
Steroid Use in Pro Sports A Struggle for Size Athletic competition has been part of society since the early beginnings of man. ... More athletes are putting themselves at risk by using these drugs, it is important to know that anabolic steroids not only are illegal, but it also can have serious side effects. ... How are steroids used? ... President Bush appealed to athletes and pro sports to wipe out the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. ... Using steroids is a form of cheating and interferes with fair competition. ...
Usually it happens to be an injury to the body caused by the steroid use. ... What the young adolescents are overlooking is the fact that the use of steroids leads to many psychological and physiological problems. Steroid use leads to acne breakouts on the upper back, baldness, the shrinking of the testicles, heavier facial hair, a puffier face, and severe depression. ... They carry the perception "that the rewards of steroid use outweigh the risks and that the medical community was wrong previously in saying that steroids don't work (Kusserow, 13-14)." ... Honestly, how can an adolescent...
Did you know that 6.6% of male high school seniors use, or have used steroids, or that over 26.7% used the steroids to look better? People use Anabolic-Androgenic steroids for three common reasons. ... Baldness is also a consequence of using Anabolic-androgenic steroids. ... Another method of using steroids is called stacking. ... Stacking is how over 40% of steroid users use steroids (Anabolic Steroids, 2003). ...