... side effects of using steroids, and they tend to overlook the consequence of using steroids. Steroids should be banned in sports because of their negative effects, their creation of unfair advantages for the users, and their distorted message to young athletes. The use of steroids affects both men and women in a very negative way physically, psychologically, and emotionally .Steroids come with serious physical side effects; ... men may develop liver cancer, baldness, shrunken testicles, infertility, and impotence while women may develop a deeper voice, increased body hair, baldness and i...

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... has resulted in the widely held mistaken view that the use by athletes of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs is a problem on par with heroin and cocaine abuse), the use of drugs, such as anabolic steroids, by athletes is a problem, not because of the addictive and dangerous side-effects of these compounds, but because these drugs offer an unfair advantage to the athletes ... who don't use them." Anabolic steroids were developed in Europe around 1930 to treat undernourished and healing patients after ... surgery. Anabolic steroids are a drug containing hormones whic...

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... with the sport due to failure to remain competitive with a drug enhanced competition. In addition, it would not take long for the side effects of these drugs to have an impact on those that are taking. How could any sporting federation or organization sit back and watch its athletes kill themselves over performance enhancing drug ... illegitimate and unethical, and the advantage sought is thus unfair. The knowing and voluntary use of proscribed substances is an attempt to gain such an unfair advantage. Some specified performance enhancers, anabolic steroids for example, are listed as p...

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... on the market. Drugs such as Dianabol and Anavar have become very popular among weight lifters and body builders (Bastien, Canadian Press). Although side effects of consuming steroids include cancer, heart attack, and shortening of lifespan, athletes are willing to take the consequences that come along with taking the drugs, and win at all cost. Sprinter Ben Johnson admitted ... most performance enhancers are illegal or banned, but they can be easily obtain by the athletes from these sources. A vast majority of athletes purchase anabolic steroids from their very own doctors or physicians...

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