... 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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... as training aids. By helping muscles to recuperate more quickly from exhaustion or injury, these substances enable users to train for longer periods of time at high intensity. Nearly all drugs used in organized sports have potentially serious side-effects, and some athletes decline to use them for that reason. But other athletes take these drugs with little or no hesitation. To a large ... and the FDA have observed significant changes in the distribution of steroids. At the beginning, people without prior criminal records diverted legally produced steroids of domestic origin to black ma...

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... as training aids. By helping muscles to recuperate more quickly from exhaustion or injury, these substances enable users to train for longer periods of time at high intensity. Nearly all drugs used in organized sports have potentially serious side-effects, and some athletes decline to use them for that reason. But other athletes take these drugs with little or no hesitation. To a large ... and the FDA have observed significant changes in the distribution of steroids. At the beginning, people without prior criminal records diverted legally produced steroids of domestic origin to black ma...

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... athlete. Athletes have been known to suffer cardiac arrest due to excessive use of stimulants, and anabolic steroids have been linked to health problems ranging from liver and kidney dysfunction to various forms of cancer. Many of the drugs today lack the extensive testing needed to predict possible side effects and consequences of long-term use. Athletes commonly prescribe their own drug regimen, many believing that "more ... is better", and often produce drastic or even fatal side effects. In their quest to achieve the immortality of ... ...

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... have been linked to gynecomastia (breast development in men), breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. If androstenedione supplementation does increase testosterone levels, it may lead to the undesirable effects associated with the use anabolic steroids. For males, such effects may include kidney and liver damage, premature baldness, gynecomastia, an enlarged prostate, reduced sperm production, and ... the testicles contract themselves into the torso. Many of the long-term side effects are still unknown because this is still a relatively new drug....

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