1. Steroids and Athletes
... the term "roid" comes from steroid, and rage is a manifested form of intense anger (71). By definition roid rage is an uncontrollable physical outburst of anger and violence, and usually, but not always, of short duration. The theory behind roid rage is that anabolic steroids cause some ... of periodic or chronic intoxication detrimental to the individual and to society, produced by the repeated consumption of a drug. Embleton and Thorne define physical addiction as the condition whereby the body's chemical functioning has altered in such a way that its normal state is now the drug stat...
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