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Steroids in Sports


             Athletes face a difficult choice whether to use drugs to enhance their performance or to take the risk of suffering from severe side effects. It is a choice, which carries significant ethical considerations. Should athletes be permitted to make this choice, or should society, through official sports organizations strictly enforce the ban on performance enhancing drugs? Athletes argue that the decision should be left to them in order to respect their individual choice. Contrary to their belief, sports organizations choose to ban performance-enhancing drugs because of the harmful consequences. The competitive nature of the modern sports" world, in conjunction with society's demand for excellence, has caused athletes to seek quicker alternative solutions, which results in the consumption of the drug steroids. Steroids should be banned from sports because of the negative history in competitions, the health risks involved, and the disgrace it brings to many sports. .
             Before trying to prove that steroids serve no positive role in sport, it would be beneficial to outline the history of the drug used in sports. In the early 1950's, athletes in eastern European were already using crude forms of testosterone injections to increase their strength. News of this new drug spread when Russian weightlifters shattered previous weight lifting records with consistency (Whitford 2002). Dr. John Ziegler, one of the physicians who developed the drug, was able to confirm this rumor and upon return to the U.S., promised to give American athletes the same edge. In 1956, he developed Dianabol, the early derivative of testosterone. Its use soon spread among many countries throughout the world. Early users included mainly bodybuilders, weightlifters, and football players who relied heavily on bulk and strength for increased performance. Scientists soon discovered that by altering testosterone, the side effects could be removed or significantly lessened.


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