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Steroids In Sports


             against. Steroids are also performance-enhancing drugs. Steroids are legal in some sports.
             even though they jeopardize players' health and damage sports credibility (Dark). .
             Although some are more advanced physically than others that does not mean that anyone.
             should use drugs to get ahead. Knowing that another is ahead of you physically should.
             make you want to work harder to become equal with that person. While becoming.
             physically equal through hard work it will make you mentally advanced.
             Performance-enhancing drugs are not needed to perform at your best, all that is needed is.
             hard work. Luis Gonzalez, a professional baseball player, has never taken steroids before.
             was on a homerun pace of sixty-three on July 30, 2001 (Dark). Gonzalez is a perfect.
             example of a hard worker who reached his peak performance without the use of enhancing.
             drugs. Although the number of home runs he hit was not the highest of that year he still.
             reached it without the help of steroids. Mark Mcgwire is the first person to break the.
             homerun record while admitting to taking performance enhancers (Drugs). Mark.
             Mcgwire only hit seven more homeruns that Gonzalez while admitting to taking the.
             muscle builder androstenedione (Drugs). All athletes, the ones who take performance.
             enhancers and those who don't, are always trying to find a way to get better. Those who.
             take performance enhancers are not the real athletes. Those who go to the gym or the.
             baseball diamond and practice on there own to get better are the real athletes. Mark.
             Mcgwire hit seventy homeruns 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 drug and risking their futures in.


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1. Legalizing Steroids for Sport and Recreation

... to concern me and needs to be seriously be addressed. To me, the problem is that steroids are Illegal to use in sports and for recreation. Anabolic steroids have been a part of sports since their creation in the 1940's. How can something that has actual medical use be banned from a sports association. If you compare the health risks smoking cigarettes is multiple times worse, yet is still ... paced changes it is very surprising that something used for medical benefits is illegal. There is proof that the problem with steroids being Illegal for sports and recreation exists. For example, f...

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2. Steroids: Are they worth takin

... football requires strength and speed. So many football player's think that by taking steroids they will have bigger bodies and increased strength. A retired N.F.L. player, Steve Courson felt the need to take steroids and suffers from an almost fatal heart muscle disorder (Drugs and Sports-page 23). Steroids are commonly used in sports such as, football, basketball, track, weight-lifting and swimming (www.usdoj.gov ... & Drugs and Sports-pgs. 20-25). Weight-lifters use steroids to better tone their muscles and increase mass. While all of this ... is true many weight-lifters uses steroid...

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3. Anabolic Steroids

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4. Steroids in the World of Sports

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5. Should Steroids Be Allowed in Sports?

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6. Steroids In Baseball

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7. Steroids

... with nicotine and help them stop smoking. [Steroid Alternatives, 2002, (7:1)] Can testing, monitoring, education, and disciplinary actions curb, or perhaps even end the misuse of steroids in both amateur and professional sports? At the moment, there is no way of telling. Often the measures seem to be succeeding. Often times they seem to be failing; but whatever the success and ... were always intended to be; healthful, exciting, and happy contests of skill and prowess. Works Cited Anabolic Steroids. 2000. ESPN.com-SPECIAL-Anabolic Steroids. 14 April 2002:. Berger, Gildan, and Melvin Ber...

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8. Steroids and sports

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9. Sports And Drugs

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10. Should we allow performance-enhancing drugs in sports?

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