To be the best, is what most athletes strive for. Athletes go through rigorous workouts and intense dieting all for the sake of being able to proudly hold their index finger in the air exclaiming ?we?re number one!? But is an athlete?s desire of being the absolute compromised by science, in an effort to get the edge on the competition. Athletes will go so far as to knowingly poison their body, with steroids in the name of the game. Big name bodybuilder like Arnold Swartzenegger has even admitted to using them. Bodybuilding is not the only professional sport where steroids are being used consistently. Swimmers, Rugby players, Baseball players, and especially pro Football players are often using steroids. The use of anabolic steroids is a controversial topic in the sports world today, but just a few decades ago were viewed as the miracle drug for sportsmen.
The backlash started in the 1980s with people being stripped of awards gained when they were using steroids and people being charged with dealing steroids. Sportsmen using steroids were shunned throughout the sports world. Many sports with the exception of major league Baseball have a no tolerance policy in effect today for abusers. The backlash sprung from the medical evidence that steroids were an addictive substance with serious consequences. Doctors found the effects from anabolic steroids such as mood swings, baldness, kidney problems, liver problems, impotence, and high blood pressure all string from prolonged use of the drug.
Anabolic steroid is the familiar name for synthetic substances related to the male sex hormones. Steroids were first developed in the 1930's. Anabolic steroids were developed primarily to treat hypogonadism, a condition in whi
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