... are Anabolic steroids, amphetamine, and human growth hormone (HGH). ANABOLIC STEROIDS Anabolic steroids are the most common drug used by athletes. Body builders, football, track and field power events, and weight lifting mostly use these. There are two ways athletes take steroids orally and by injection. Oral steroids ... most common symptom of steroid users. The use of steroids creates and increased aggravation level due to the presence of too much testosterone. Most football players consider this good thing because it makes them really aggressive and crazy in the game. A person on st...

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... to long after he was denounced from his position as the worlds fastest man. Professional and college football in the United States also takes this approach to athletes caught using steroids. Football players may be fined or suspended from playing in games for testing positive. Just last month ... to emulate it. 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. He used them all throughout his college and professional careers. Alzado use...

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... program" (Slam). Therefore, to set an example to younger athletes, discipline must be in full action immediately for any athlete. To be a college athlete comes great responsibilities to the game itself. Equally important, the use of steroids in football is nothing compared to that of basketball. Lyle Alzado, a former NFL star, died of the use of steroids ("Memorial"). Immediately following his death ... , the NFL took more control over their drug testing. However, the football players are still using the drug even though it is fatal. The NCAA for college football has initiated a year-rou...

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... test and the quality of testing for those players. The Associated Press conducted an investigation, which closely monitored the situation going on in college football and based its results on dozens of interviews with players, testers, dealers and experts and a strict analysis of weight records of over 61 ... ,000 players. All though NCAA professionals believed they had the problem under control, this investigation revealed that the ongoing issues with NCAA football and steroids is still a large problem in the sport. (The Associated Press). Players are more likely to test for street drug...

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... muscle mass and strength which helps athletes recover quicker from injuries. The most common sports where you would find the anabolic steroids are in bodybuilding, football, track & field power events and weightlifting. A second performance-enhancing drug is amphetamine. Amphetamine also has very serious side effects in the male ... sponsors to re-think their commitment to that specific sport. Performance enhancing drugs are found in almost every type of athletic organization: pro sports, college sports, high schools (where it is very popular), through coaches, other athletes and the bla...

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... few pills or inject ourselves with something of pharmaceutical grade to change our body the way we like? "The number of deaths from playing professional football and college football are 50 to 100 times higher than even the wild exaggerations about steroids. More people have died playing baseball than have died of steroid use." ... people that watch sports also want to see the best of the best, which is why they watch professional sports instead of just high school or college level. There are no better leagues or associations out there, so why not allow no holds barred and give everyone ...

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... and Coplon). The International Olympics Committee in 1975 started the ball rolling when they banned steroid use by all athletes in its associations. Since then, organizations 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 ... can get full scholarships to colleges through a mix of cheating and talent. This cannot be the right way to enter the challenging world of professionals. A drafted football player from a High School ...

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... into at all. They look at what everyone else is doing. Many young teens have ventured into the use of steroids to be able to play better in high school football or track or soccer. They do not look at the side effects and long term effects that are down the road. Believe it or not many ... college athletes are using steroids in the football field many of them are pressured into situations to use steriods because of the pressure to succeed by the parents and coaches. How is the person going to be ... up with a way that they can write a prescription for these users. I think that this is ...

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... than their peers. These record breaking athletes are the focal point on networks such as ESPN, sports magazines, newspapers and conversation amongst our friends. Many of the high school and college players today choose jersey numbers of their favorite players, train like them and even mimic their style in hopes of being just like them one day. Our parents even encourage ... park due to performance enhanced players? In an article on MidlandDailyNews.com, sports-writer Chris Stevens is quoted as saying "Pro athletes, especially in sports such as hockey and football, take a tremendous amou...

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... the physician soon realized the drug had unwanted side effects, it was too late to halt its spread into the sports world (Rozin, 3). Early users were 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 grew as athletes in other sports sought the competitive edge ... Alzado was a former NFL all-star who abused steroids for over twenty years. Alzado developed brain cancer in 1991, which would later take his life. He began using steroids in college and continued thei...

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Millions of people watch sports contests such as baseball, basketball and football everyday. None of those millions want to see an unfair game. By letting athletes take the easy way out and not making them work hard to reach their peak performance ... with the help of a drug, a legal drug, but still a drug. Luis Gonzalez hit sixty-three homeruns with the help of hard work. Creatine is a drug taken by many high school football players. Many of these players are taking this drug and unknowingly risking major damage to their kidneys and muscles (Commentary). High school athletes are taking this...

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... Steroids. Anabolic Steroids have good and bad side affects to them. There are rules prohibiting athletes from using this substance but that does stop many of them from doing it. College and pro athletes want the glory or the spot light and are willing to do anything to improve their performance. I think that Anabolic Steroids should be legalized due to the ... . Not including the side effects that occur to the body that the athletes have to deal with personally. Many different types of athletes use steroids. No longer is it just a football drug. Athletes in every sport can be found to us...

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... state and federal laws related to steroids. The second involves the ban each sport has on steroids (Yesalis 310). The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) outlawed steroid use in all college sports in 1973. Although it was not until 1986 that a testing program was started (Yesalis 42). The NCAA is not the only sports federation to ban anabolic steroid use. All ... professional sport associations have substance abuse policies which include bans on any form of anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroid use was first detected in professional football in the early 1960's. It was then th...

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... Olympics. In 1983, nineteen athletes were disqualified from the Olympics for steroid abuse. A survey in 1970, showed that five American universities had at least 15% of college athletic abusers. By the year 1984 20% of college athletes were using steroids (Koziris. 2000). Anabolic steroids or anabolic-androgenic steroids are the synthetic derivatives of the naturally occurring male anabolic hormone testosterone. Both anabolic ... report that there is a significant increase in lean muscle mass, strength, and endurance. Anabolic steroids do not improve agility, skill, or cardiovascular ca...

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... Olympics. In 1983, nineteen athletes were disqualified from the Olympics for steroid abuse. A survey in 1970, showed that five American universities had at least 15% of college athletic abusers. By the year 1984 20% of college athletes were using steroids (Koziris. 2000). Anabolic steroids or anabolic-androgenic steroids are the synthetic derivatives of the naturally occurring male anabolic hormone testosterone. Both anabolic ... report that there is a significant increase in lean muscle mass, strength, and endurance. Anabolic steroids do not improve agility, skill, or cardiovascular ca...

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... Anabolic Steroids are synthetic compounds formulated to be like the male sex hormone testosterone. Many athletes use anabolic steroids male and female alike, such as body builders, weightlifters, baseball players, football players, swimmers, and runners. They do so because they mistakenly believe that they will gain strength and size. In a male, testosterone is released by the cells in the testes. The ... there is a very large effect on muscle gain and endurance. I came across only one book though that addressed this issue between researchers and athletes. The book said that The America...

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