... very many players. High school and college sports they produce all the future stars and if people think they can just use drugs to enhance there bodies sports is now an illegal event. MUSCLE ENHANCING DRUGS Performance enhancing drugs are found in all athletic organization. In pro sports, college sports, and where it's very popular high school sports. They are encouraged to use these drugs through coaches and other teammates. The ... most common place where they buy these drugs is through the black market. Professional athletes ... ...

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... such as the National Football League and National Collegiate Athletic Association have also put drugs on their lists of banned substances. The only two organizations that have not yet done the same are the National Hockey League and Major League Baseball (MLB). The ban on steroid use in sports must be continued and fortified, not only is the health of our athletes and ... steroids have contributed to world records and higher competitive goals, the standards already set are false due to the use of drugs. The decline in the standards of sports would simply be because of athletes now using...

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There are many ways that using performance enhancing drugs in sports that can affect your life and everyone else's around you. Have you ever considered what your fans would think if they ever found out you were using enhancement drugs? What about your parents, wife, children and team? Have you ever thought about the physical, emotional or overall mental health risks that using performance enhancing ... article; "Use of supplements has been associated with high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, seizure, and sudden death" (Richard Buchanon, 2005,  paragraph 13). When using certain...

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Should we allow performance-enhancing drugs in sports? "Only the most nave sports fan can be shocked-shocked!-that drugs and athletics go together like socks and sweats.""(Sharon Begley and Martha Brant: The real Scandal in International Sport: Doping 181). How nave are we as sport fans? Do we really think performance-enhancing drugs belong to sports? As there are a lot different methods of doping in sports; I am going to ... focus only on anabolic steroids, in my essay. Dealing with that issue it is important to find out how steroids work, how they are used and what the side effects are. I w...

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... hair growth, deepened voice, breast reduction, and menstrual cycle changes (Anabolic Steroids, Drugs" 3). The use of anabolic steroids also has an adverse effect on all the skin. It may cause acne, cysts, and oily hair and skin ("Anabolic Abuse" 5). As stated in "Anabolic Steroids, Drugs and Sports, "Anabolic steroids can halt growth prematurely in adolescents. What happens is the steroids cause the 4 growth plates ... in a kid's bone to close. Once these are closed they cannot reopen, so adolescents that use steroids are shorter than they ... steroid intake is between 1 and 5 milligram...

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... why many players turn to steroid use. Steroids are one way to make sure that your career is longer than the norm and even more productive. Performance enhancing drugs were not always illegal in baseball. In fact, it wasn't until 1991 that Commissioner Vincent sent a memo to each team, announcing that steroids have been added to the list of banned substances. The players ... first offense, one-hundred games for the second and a lifetime ban for the third" (Pollard). This was the first time that there was ever a punishment for using performance enhancing drugs. Fourteen years of warnings ...

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... athlete caught testing positive for anabolic steroid use. During the Montreal Olympics Johnson won the Gold medal in the one-hundred meter dash and also broke the world record, which he had set. Since this time, performance enhancing drugs have been a hot topic for debate. Doctors, sports writers, and athletes have written numerous books, periodicals, and journals discussing their opinions on the controversial ... issue whether performance enhancing drugs should be legalized. Many have debated that steroids should not be allowed to be used in athletic competition. One reason for this is...

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... to gear up for battle (Schwarzenegger, 223). The first competitive athletes believed to be charged taking drugs and other nonfood substances to improve performance were swimmers in Amsterdam in the 1860's. Doping, with anything from strychnine and caffeine to cocaine and heroin, spread to other sports over the next several decades (Schwarzenegger, 227). The use of anabolic steroids by athletes is relatively ... mainly body builders, weightlifters, football players, and discus, shot put or javelin throwers. These competitors relied heavily on bulk and strength. During the 1970's demand g...

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... of fluid 30 minutes before exercise 8 to 16 ounces of fluid 15 minutes before exercise • During exercise 4 to 8 ounces of fluid every 15 to 20 minutes during exercise with sports drink for sports lasting longer than 1 hour • After exercise 24 ounces of fluid for every pound lost during exercise to achieve normal hydration within 6 hours after activity Steroids ... to be the biggest and the strongest, who can jump the highest, or get the most rebounds. In recent studies they are looking at a lesser known but serious side effects of androgenic anabolic steroid abuse appeared in a rece...

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... history behind steroids? The noted history of anabolic steroids being abused drugs began in 1954 among Olympic weight lifters. During 1956, American athletes first marketed Dianabol (Methandrostenolone) in the U.S., which provided a way for use. In the beginning only the "world-class" athletes that participated in some of the sports that required more strength used them. Athletes and their trainers began ... to develop high doses with different types of drugs. These athletes and trainers went against scientist's opinions about ... they take a combined dose of the drug through both oral...

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... erectile dysfunction increases as well. Hair loss is another side effect. (Kuipers, section 2) Men may begin using multiple drugs to counteract side effects of anabolic steroids including anti-estrogens. Female steroid use is on the rise due to many factors. A Survey conducted in Pennsylvania State University estimates that the number of steroid using 14-18 year old girls has roughly doubled over ... the past 7 years (Gorman 1998) possibly due to Federal Government increasing women's sports and scholarships in 1972. (Time 1998) Scholarships for women have grown from 0 in 1972 to nearly ...

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... their craft, but what it really does is rot joints and tendons and stunt their growth and development. If the use of performance enhancing drugs continues on in their lives, the athlete runs the risk of even worse problems. But, even when the use stops, they will still have emotional problems ... their lives, which is far worse than any fine. Along with being mentioned in "The Mitchell Report", players have had their names slapped all over ESPN, which is said to be 'The world-wide leader in sports.' ESPN gives short explanations on how players' name gets from ear to ... ear. Along w...

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