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Steroid Use by Athletes

            As society merges from day to day and norms get more in percentage there are many things that are corrupting the American society. Of those many things, there is the word that many people are familiar with and that is the word "drugs". Many drugs come into the United States and flood each state and town from North to South. In 1995 Newsweek came out with an estimate that over 85% of teenagers have used or are using drugs at this present time. I am going to discuss one of the most dangerous types of drugs that is used as a medical advancement as well as a lethal drug to young teens. This drug is known as "steroids". Steroids is the up and coming drug of the future At the rate of 2.5% increase in teenagers using these drugs on a day to day basis. This rate is going to lead to very high percentage of deaths in the future and as well as in the present now. There are many things that need to be discussed on the use of steroids. Many people do not know who are using them, but there are a variety of people such a laywers and business people that use them. This topic will all be clarified in the upcoming passages. Most of the use of steriods in the young years is related to peer pressure. This is where the young teenagers lead themselves to death, and do not know it. They do not know what they are getting themselves into. They only look at what others are doing and what good things happen to their appereance. Of all these topics the real question here is: Is it worth taking steroids and why are so many people taking them?? .
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             Steroids first came into the United States from importation from Europe. Steroids in the past were used for cattle in the process to make the cattle stronger and heavier. The heavier the cattle was the more money the farmer would get per head. As steroids emerged into the United States many people were taking the opportunity to get these drugs very easy to promote dog racing and horse racing.


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1. steroid use

There is no reason that a ban on steroid use should exist. ... If steroids were made legal not every athlete would be jumping to the opportunity to take them. ... 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."... "The media seized on certain supposed steroid deaths as a way of scaring athletes away from steroids." ...

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2. Steroid

In the 1930's scientists discovered that anabolic steroids could help in the growth of skeletal muscle in laboratory animals, which led to the use of the compounds first by bodybuilders and weight lifters, and then by athletes in other sports. ... (Graeber) Steroid use can also severely damage the tendons of the body. ... (Mathians) With all of the warnings and dangerous side effects that come along with the use of steroids high school students are still using steroids without a care. ... It was not until lately that steroid use was coming apparent in the lower lev...

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3. Steroid Use In Baseball

Caminiti started using steroids the year he won the MVP. ... Like Caminiti, Canseco also used steroids. ... That is not the worst of the many effects of steroids that can plague an athlete. ... Charles Yesalis a Penn State professor, and an expert on the use of steroid use. ... Steroid use is a domino effect. ...

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4. Steroids and athletes

Steroids and Athletes Although athletes continue to break records, society believes this is because of steroids rather than of pure talent. Some people think that this is due through the use of steroids. ... For collegiate athletes, steroids are frowned upon. ... There are other things out there that are better for an athlete than steroids. ... Some athletes have been using anabolic steroids since the 1950s (http://www.nida.nih.gov/researchreports/steriods/anabolicsteroids.html). ...

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5. Steroids and Athletes

Steroids and Athletes By: Competition is a highly motivating force. ... Athletes use steroids primarily to improve athletic performance, enhance appearance, and increase muscle mass and strength. ... The first use of anabolic steroids by athletes is alleged to have been in the 1930s. In 1931, four Swedish Olympic athletes admitted to using the drug Rejuven as a training aid (Thorne & Embleton 535). Athletes were unaware that they were taking an anabolic steroid, at that time there were no rules against anabolic steroid use because anabolic steroids as a class of drugs did not exist. ...

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6. We Thought The Ball Was Juiced. The Effects Of Steroid Use In Baseball

Caminiti started using steroids the year he won the MVP. ... Like Caminiti, Canseco also used steroids. ... That is not the worst of the many effects of steroids that can plague an athlete. ... Charles Yesalis a Penn State professor, and an expert on the use of steroid use. ... Steroid use is a domino effect. ...

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7. Steroids and Pro Athletes

Steroids And Athletes What kind of role model is Mark McGwire? ... What it all comes down to is that we need to educate both ourselves and all intercollegiate athletes about the risks involved with steroid use. ... The two main reasons that athletes use steroids are to improve athletic performance and to improve their appearance. In 1985, Anderson and McKeag did the first study of college athletes correlated with steroid use. ... Five percent of both Division I and II athletes admitted to using steroids, as well as 4% of D-III athletes (Yesalis 60). ...

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8. Steroids and the Game of Baseball

All these homeruns were hit without the use of performance enhancing drugs, also known as steroids. ... If the use of performance enhancing drugs continues on in their lives, the athlete runs the risk of even worse problems. ... But, perhaps the worst problem is suicide attempts, which can continue up to a year or even longer after the athlete has stopped taking a steroid. 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. ...

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9. Is Steroid Use Worth the Risk

Is Steroid Use Worth The Risk? Why do athletes take steroids? ... Steroid users work hard, they work extremely hard, even as much as any regular athlete that trains. ... Teenagers are using steroids more than ever today, and this is becoming a big problem. ... Through this research and contrasting the positives vs. negatives, steroid use may be more beneficial to and aspiring athlete than just working hard. ...

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10. Steroid Use Must be Stopped

Professional and college football in the United States also takes this approach to athletes caught using steroids. ... Many other sports test their athlete for steroid use. ... I have a simple solution to propose that will correct the escalating use of steroids among the athletes of today, but it may be hard to accomplish. 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. ... Because pro athletes are so glorified, many more are using steroids to boost themselves and there car...

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